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Originally Posted by Hehe
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.
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That all makes sense.I'm probably looking at a 3-4 year lease so those longer term savings wouldn't really apply.
I think its going to come down to trim level ( the flash isn't trimmed out as nice as a equivalent gas version or another way to say it is you got to pay a bunch more to get the same trim and that will eat any savings ) , Cost of making charging doable at home , am i willing to rent a pickup for any potential long trips in the trailer etc ,
Anyway i'm gonna swing by my local ford dealership today to see if i can get a sense of what makes more...sense.