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Consumer Reports Study Finds Electric Vehicle Maintenance Costs Are 50% Less Than Gas-Powered Cars
November 16, 2020 in Transportation & Fuels
Author: Rebecca Heisel

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A new study by Consumer Reports equips consumers with data showing the relatively lower cost of electric vehicle (EV) maintenance and overall ownership when compared to comparable gas-powered vehicles. Consumer Reports recently released a study analyzing EV ownership costs, including a chapter on their lifetime maintenance costs. The study looks at both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and helps answer frequently asked questions about EV maintenance and other costs.

Key takeaways:

EVs have lower lifetime maintenance costs—and lower costs overall—compared to comparable gas-powered vehicles.
BEVs and PHEVs have similar lifetime costs.
The cost savings of EV ownership are only expected to increase with new models and battery cost reductions.
The study found that “when total ownership cost is considered—including such factors as purchase price, fueling costs, and maintenance expenses—EVs come out ahead, especially in more affordable segments.” Consumer Reports states that “owning an electric vehicle will save the typical driver $6,000-$10,000 over the life of the vehicle, compared to owning a comparable gas-powered vehicle.”
 
You know the routine when it comes to car maintenance. Oil changes as often as three or four times a year. Regular tune-ups and fluid flushes. Filters. Belts. Hoses. Miscellaneous repairs that crop up when parts inevitably fail.

Such expenses have always been part of the automotive ownership experience. That's changing, though, as EVs begin to proliferate. Lacking the complicated moving parts and subsystems that comprise an internal combustion engine, EV powertrains have a maintenance regimen that's far simpler than any gas-powered car.
 
Man arrested for planning attack at Tesla Cybertruck launch: reports

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A 28-year-old man was arrested for planning an attack at Tesla's delivery event in Austin.
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He is believed to hate technology and had previously threatened Tesla on Instagram.
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After his arrest, he said: "I was going to shoot up Elon Musk and the plant," local news reported.
A Florida man was arrested this week after he was alleged to have planned a "mass casualty event" at Tesla's Cybertruck promotional event on Thursday.
Paul Ryan Overeem, 28, is believed to have driven to Texas specifically for the event at the Tesla Giga Texas factory in Austin. Traffic cameras spotted his vehicle on a highway in southwest Austin on November 28.
He had already been under investigation for threatening posts he made under the name "ufotnoitalumis" in an Instagram group chat, local news station KVUE reported.
On November 9, Overeem posted: "I plan on killing people at that even (sic) ok (sic) November 30th and I would like you do something about it so I don't have to."
"If I'm saying I'm gonna kill people then you should take this seriously," read another message.

Well now we know who ExcessLies is. Or maybe TA Gardner.
 
Engineers have turned an otherwise unnoteworthy stretch of road in downtown Detroit into what's being hailed as the first wireless-charging public road in the United States.

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Massive copper coils, much like the scaled-down ones inside your wireless phone charger, are hidden beneath the surface to charge EVs while they're stationary, idling, or even driving.
In a demonstration, a modified Ford E-Transit van that was outfitted with special receivers got as much as 19 kilowatts of power while driving down the road, albeit for only a short time.
But while the technology, developed by Israel-based wireless charging company Electreon, has already been shown to work, we're likely still many years out before it can be implemented at a much larger scale, especially considering the significant inefficiencies and costs involved.
Unlimited Range
As part of the five-year collaboration with the Department of Transportation, Electreon is hoping to use the quarter-mile test segment in downtown Detroit to drive the adoption of electric cars.
"Alongside Michigan’s automotive expertise, we’ll demonstrate how wireless charging unlocks widespread EV adoption, addressing limited range, grid limitations, and battery size and costs," Stefan Tongur, Electreon vice president of business development, told the Associated Press.
"This project paves the way for a zero-emission mobility future, where EVs are the norm, not the exception," he added.
 
The primary draw of electric vehicles is their ability to let you trade gas stations and exhaust for at-home charging and emission-free performance. But they bring another benefit to the table that you may not be aware of: EVs require less maintenance than combustion-engine vehicles.

They pull this off because two of their primary components – the battery and electric motor – require little or no care. Fluids, such as engine oil, require regular attention; EVs have fewer of them, which makes upkeep easier. In addition, there is less brake wear with EVs due to the mitigating effect of regenerative braking. Overall, EVs have far fewer moving parts than vehicles with combustion engines, resulting in a streamlined maintenance experience.

How Do Electric Cars Work?
A modern EV requires several other electrical components to operate reliably and efficiently. Still, an EV requires a fraction of the number of moving parts an ICE vehicle needs.

Brakes
Because they use regenerative braking, EV brakes wear less and need less care than brakes in cars with combustion engines.

Maintenance recommendations vary by manufacturer. For example, Chevy recommends brake fluid replacement every 150,000 miles with the Bolt. And Tesla recommends a brake fluid health check every four years with the Model 3
 
A 2018 study by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute found that the average cost to fuel an electric car was $485 a year, compared to $1,117 for a gas-powered vehicle. A 2020 Consumer Reports study similarly showed that EV drivers tend to spend about 60 percent less each year on fuel costs compared to drivers of gas-powered cars. And in 2023, the nonpartisan policy firm Energy Innovation released a report showing that these savings benefit drivers across the United States: Every EV model in every state is cheaper to fill than a gas-powered vehicle. These savings are largely based on the fact that current EVs are 2.6 to 4.8 times more efficient at traveling a mile compared to a gasoline internal combustion engine, according to real world data collected by the U.S. Department of Energy.
 
Electric cars (EVs) typically require less maintenance than vehicles with internal combustion engines. The electric motors that propel EVs have fewer moving parts than gas engines. Having fewer components means they need minimal maintenance.

EV drivers don’t need to worry about motor oil or transmission fluid in their cars. There aren’t many fluids to monitor in an EV — thermal management coolant for its battery pack, windshield washing fluid, and brake fluid. Speaking of brakes, regenerative braking reduces wear and tear on an electric car’s brake pads, making their replacement less frequent than for gas cars.
 
ATOMIC ARMOR’ TECHNOLOGY TO BE USED IN NEW EV BATTERY MANUFACTURING PLANT: ‘IT IS 50X MORE EFFICIENT’

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2024.
by Susan Elizabeth Turek*/*December 8, 2023

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The Battery Belt’s newest manufacturing plant is bringing hundreds of jobs to North Carolina by going atomic.*
Forge Nano, a world-leading company in material science, announced in a press release that it will use proprietary Atomic Armor technology to produce safer, longer-lasting, and faster-charging lithium-ion batteries at the soon-to-be-built Forge Battery in Raleigh.*
“New jobs, new investment, and new opportunities for our people are coming fast as we embrace this vital new sector of the global economy,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said in the release, adding that the state is continuing its “momentum” toward clean energy.*
Forge Nano notes that its atomic layer deposition (ALD) “is 50x more efficient than conventional ALD,” the development of which began in the 1960s, according to Wiley Online Library. The first patent was filed in 1974 by Dr. Tuomo Suntola, a Finnish inventor.*
Most electric vehicles are powered by lithium batteries, making this exciting news for both our planet and owners of EVs, as well as those hesitant to make the switch from gas-powered cars because of range anxiety and other factors.
Passenger cars produce more than 3 billion tons of carbon pollution annually.*
While EVs don’t emit any of that heat-trapping gas linked to rising global temperatures and extreme weather events, making them a better choice for our planet in the long run, the mining and manufacturing process of lithium can cause water and air contamination.
However, the Atomic Armor coating, which Forge Nano says, “creates a nano shield to prevent negative reactions,” is expected to increase the efficiency of the production process while also lowering battery costs.*
Forge Nano explained in a press release that this is done by “removing electrolyte additives and reducing electrolyte consumption.”*
 
Newport Police Department in process of adding Teslas to fleet

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Dec 8, 2023 | 10:04 AM
The Newport Police Department could be utilizing Teslas in the near future.
Fangman said the department has been exploring the idea of electric police vehicles for roughly three years. One reason is that the Dodge Durango’s price has increased exponentially. Fangman said they even explored the Ford Mustang Mach-E (electric vehicle) because it was cheaper than the increasing prices of Dodge Durango.
“So, we got the ball kind of rolling, and we were thinking, you know, we might be able to pull off getting some electric vehicles even though we thought they were going to be super expensive,” Fangman said.
The Newport Police Department’s fleet manager, Fangman said, has learned that Tesla will lower their price depending on the market. He said the Teslas are right at or cheaper than the Dodge Durango.
During a discussion about purchasing trucks for the public works department during the October commission meeting, a Newport resident addressed the city about going electric in favor of the idea.
“It seems to make sense to me to transition to electric vehicles and not even because of anything beyond the fact that I really want our streets to have less smog,” the resident said. “So, when we’re out walking or walking our dogs and, on our porches, kids running around, there’s less street-level pollution.”
 
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