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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
Gas prices are high so you spend another 25% on the ev equivalent lol?
The F150 with the 5.0 gets better mileage than my G37. Which isn’t saying much but who gets into a truck and trips out about the fuel prices?
The tiny 2.7L eco boost costs about $200 to fill up, but you get between 850-1000 KM’s out of it.
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F150 averages 13L/100km in a city/hwy mix for daily drive. Say 5yr/100,000km, that's roughly $22,000 in gas alone assuming $1.65/L price. Lightning, OTOH, it's about 350w per km or 35kw/100km or about $3500 in hydro bill if you charge it at night.
This is before any EV rebates or whatever incentive.
Then comes the maintenance. Lightning requires almost 0 maintenance up to 100k other than some cabin filters. A quick search on Google shows roughly $12,000 for maintenance up to 100k for ICE F150 and about $2000 for Lightning based on factory suggested program.
The gas saving alone can justify the difference in price, or at the bare minimum, break even between ICE and EV for up to 100k. Then the difference just widen from there on.
If you factor all cost of ownership, the EV version would always come out ahead. I have said it before and I'd say it again, if buying new car is the goal, buying ICE is actually the luxury version as the cost over the years is so much more.
The only possible scenario where ICE yields better saving is if you buy a super cheap beater and drive it to the ground. At new vs. new scenario, EV would always cost less to run.