PolitiFact - For certain car models, it’s more expensive to drive electric, but that’s not the whole story

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Is it pricier to drive an electric car than a gasoline-powered model? One report shows that for certain vehicle models, that’s true. But the study doesn’t account for varying electricity, fuel and tax costs across the nation or the costs of maintenance ...

found that after being driven for 15,000 to 20,000 miles, an electric car reaches the point of offsetting the carbon emissions made by its production.

The organization compared nine electric cars priced at less than $50,000 that were popular in 2020 with three comparable internal combustion engine vehicles. It found the lifetime ownership cost for electric cars was $6,000 to $10,000 cheaper than their gas-powered counterparts. The claim was based on a study conducted by the Anderson Economic Group, which found that from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, for midpriced vehicles, it was more expensive to charge an electric car than to fuel one with an internal combustion engine.

 

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They can never get the number right and always forget total cost. Smart people will do the math . The others will listen to click bait articles .

I'm guessing you didn't include the cost of human life through slavery, the environmental cost of dredging up minerals and polluting expired batteries. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to creating the infrastructure it will be a environmental nightmare

The cost is the CO².

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