2018 Tesla Model 3: Total Cost Of Ownership After Five Years And 70,000 Miles
InsideEVs
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
Fuel cost was among the lowest of costs – a third of what the owner spent on insurance.
Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2023
The Starship initiative, launched in 2018, is intended to demonstrate how a Class 8 truck’s energy usage can be reduced by harnessing currently available energy-efficient technologies and lubricants. miles per gallon on that journey, up from 8.94 mpg in the 2018 run with Starship 1.0. In its 2021 run, Starship 2.0 achieved 10.8
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Volkswagen introduces transferable 6-year, 72K mile bumper-to-bumper warranty on 2018 Atlas and Tiguan SUVs
Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2017
Volkswagen is introducing a six-year or 72,000-mile (whichever occurs first) bumper-to-bumper New Vehicle Limited Warranty, with coverage that’s transferable beyond the first owner for the new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas and 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan. We believe this warranty will lead to reduced cost of ownership for Volkswagen owners.
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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2021
CP operates a 21,000-km (13,000-mile) rail network across Canada and the USthat serves deep-water ports on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 2018, year-over-year, Canada's freight rail sector’s workload, measured by gross ton-miles, increased by 6.2%, and increased 10.1% million in 2018 versus 2017.
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ABI Research: 16B ride-hailing trips completed globally in 2017, 24B expected in 2018; 70% in Asia
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
ABI forecasts that 24 billion completed trips by the end of 2018. This has spurred the growth of dynamic ride-hailing services, where the average cost of a trip can be as low as US$0.10 This low cost combined with a favorable regulatory environment has really helped foster the use of ride-hailing services. —Shiv Patel.
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Proterra beats out BYD for Mineta San José International Airport electric bus contract; 10 Proterra electric buses to be in service by late 2018
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Proterra’s E2 series 35-foot electric buses feature a 440 kWh battery pack to deliver an estimated range of 251 miles. The Council selected Proterra as SJC’s battery-electric bus provider citing the company’s sustainability, performance and operational cost-savings excellence. 19/mile, is substantially lower than diesel, at $.84/mile.
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Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Lightning eMotors says that its products are complementary to Ford’s announced 2022 E-Transit, which will be a battery-electric Class 2 cargo/cab/chassis van with an estimated 126 miles of range. The voucher program can reduce the upfront cost of advanced zero-emission fleet vehicles by 30 to 70 percent.
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Lyft commits to 100% EVs by 2030
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2020
Percent of total miles completed on the Lyft platform in EVs and business-as-usual projection for California, the US leader in EV market share. Although the upfront cost of EVs today is higher than gas-powered cars, EVs have lower fuel and maintenance costs that mean lower costs for drivers over the life of the vehicle.
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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2019
For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 (in the Reference case) because increases in fuel economy more than offset growth in vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Light-duty vehicle miles traveled increases by 20% in the Reference case, growing from 2.9 trillion miles in 2018 to 3.5
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Electric-car vs gas costs, self-driving Bolt, more 2018 diesels, Workhorse orders open: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 12, 2018
Today, we've got a Chevy Bolt EV without a steering wheel, an update on available 2018 diesel vehicles, an analysis of the per-mile costs of electricity versus gasoline, and predictions by auto-industry execs. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2020
kg in California in the third quarter of 2018. About half of the levelized cost of retail station hydrogen can be attributed to hydrogen delivery, compression, and dispensing costs. The authors assumed a total pipeline length of 38 miles (4.8 kg—approximately equivalent to a gasoline cost of $2.7/gal
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INRIX: congestion costs each American 97 hours, $1,348 a year
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
published the 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard that identified and ranked congestion and mobility trends in more than 200 cities, across 38 countries. According to the study, Americans lost an average of 97 hours a year due to congestion, costing them nearly $87 billion in 2018, an average of $1,348 per driver. INRIX, Inc.
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DOE analysis suggests rapid convergence of FCEV and BEV TCOs; FCEVs less expensive for majority of LDV fleet by 2040; mass compounding
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2018
However, the cost of the two powertrains will converge quickly, and by 2040, FCEVs will be less expensive than BEVs per mile in approximately 71-88% of the LDV fleet, according to the analysis. Additionally, FCEVs will offer notable cost advantages within larger vehicle size classes and for long distances. —Morrison et al.
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Electric shuttles to start service in south Sacramento
Green Car Congress
JUNE 12, 2020
SacRT began piloting the service in February 2018 in partnership with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation using compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. Electrify America fully subsidized the costs of the shuttles, the DC fast-charging infrastructure to support them, and the retrofit costs.
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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2019
billion miles to be driven by UK cars. Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” Energy cost of metal production: This choice of vehicle comes with an energy cost too.
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MEEF funds 100 Tesla Model 3s for vehicle-as-a-service provider Breathe
Green Car Congress
MARCH 29, 2022
The funding of this zero-emission private hire fleet follows the successful pay-per-mile funding of taxis that Zeti previously delivered in London using MEEF funds. MEEF was established by the Greater London Authority (GLA) in 2018 and is managed by Amber Infrastructure.
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150 Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits
Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2018
Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi
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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2018
The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. Levelized cost of driving for current (2015, dark bars) and future (2025–2030, light bars) technology pathways.
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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. Vehicle has completed significant road testing and delivers an expected range of 85 to 125 miles on a full charge.
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CSIRO finds hydrogen could reduce aviation emissions within 5 years
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2020
Given the technology maturity and commercial competitiveness of fuel cell airport equipment, on a total cost of ownership basis, the rate of uptake could accelerate after 2025 and replace existing diesel equipment by 2030. for shorter haul flights up to 1000 miles (1600 km) and 100 passengers). —Michael Edwards.
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BloombergNEF: electrics to take 57% of global passenger car sales, 81% of municipal bus sales by 2040
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2019
These services account for less than 5% of all passenger miles travelled globally at the moment, but this is set to rise to 19% by 2040. Since 2010, the average cost of lithium-ion batteries per kilowatt-hour has fallen by 85% on a mixture of manufacturing economies of scale and technology improvements.
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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. A lower total cost of ownership—factoring in both direct and indirect costs and savings over the life of the vehicle—is the second biggest driver, cited by 64% of respondents.
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Ford to show production version of new Transit PHEV and 48V mHEV version
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Ford will present its latest generation of connected and electrified Transit products at the IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, from 20-27 September 2018. Ford’s Transit Custom PHEV targets a zero-emission range of up to 50 kilometres (31 miles), and features the multi-award winning 1.0-liter In addition to upgraded 2.0-liter
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San Joaquin Regional Transit District opens 1st all-electric bus rapid transit route in US; all routes to be electric by 2025
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2017
The electric buses can travel up to 40 miles or 2 hours on a charge. RTD received grant funding to cover the cost of the new electric buses. RTD will launch a second all-electric BRT route in January 2018 along the MLK corridor in South Stockton. The RTD charging stations take about 10 minutes to completely recharge a bus.
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IC Bus takes electric chargeE school bus on the road; partnership with Volkswagen Truck & Bus
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2018
The 2018 national tour begins with its first stop at the California Association of School Transportation (CASTO) State Board of Directors 50 th Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif. The range of the chargE can exceed 120 miles (193 km), while the powertrain can deliver up to 260 kW (about 349 peak horsepower).
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AVEVAI introduces IONA e-LCVs with more than 300 km range; supercapacitor-battery hybrid technology
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
AVEVAI , a new B2B e-mobility and logistics solutions and technology provider based in Singapore, launched its range of IONA electric light commercial vehicles (e-LCVs) at the 5 th Guangzhou International Electric Vehicles Show in China (16-25 November 2018).
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307 GM researchers posit simple model to assist in balancing high energy density vs fast charging in EV design
Green Car Congress
MARCH 26, 2018
For their analysis, Verbrugge and Wampler considered costs associated with the cells, added mass due to the use of larger batteries, and charging, as well as a new cost input—the cost of adaption, corresponding to the days a customer would need an alternative form of transportation, as the EV would not have sufficient range on those days.
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Lightning Systems introduces new Class 6 electric powertrain; first 50 ordered by Zeem for Chevrolet 6500XD
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2018
The Lightning Electric heavy-duty powertrain will be available in the 19,501-26,000 pound gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) (Class 6) and will deliver an all-electric range of 110 miles. Orders are being accepted immediately, and delivery of the new product will begin in the fourth quarter of 2018.
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First Timer: 2021 Toyota Prius Prime
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 26, 2022
We get about 71 miles per gallon on the highway, which was a surprise and great considering the high cost of fuel. We plug-in at night, and it’s fully charged in the morning, giving us electric driving mode for trips under 25 miles. Annette managed a 30-mile round-trip in electric mode, thanks to the regenerative braking.
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82 Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2018
Looking only at the cost of capturing the CO 2 —not including building pipelines or sequestering the captured CO 2 —the team found that 60% of current CO 2 emissions (i.e., The team estimates this would result in the construction of 4,300 miles of pipelines. —LLNL scientist Sean McCoy, co-author. McCoy, Peter A.
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How the Chevy Bolt EV became GM’s 1.8 billion dollar problem
Teslarati
AUGUST 21, 2021
GM advised customers to do the following: Customers should, whether or not they received the current software update, return their vehicle to the 90% state of charge limitation using Hilltop Reserve mode (for 2017-2018 model years) or Target Charge Level (for 2019 model year) mode. 63,683 (52,403 in the U.S. 63,683 (52,403 in the U.S.
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My Friend has had 34 Cars. He’s only kept his Tesla Model 3.
Teslarati
JULY 30, 2022
In 2018, we were playing Xbox together when told me he was buying a Tesla Model 3. “My first car was a Nissan Sentra, and my 2018 Tesla Model 3. “One reason is the cost of ownership alone,” he said. Even back in 2018, he was spending considerably less than others. Prices in the U.S.
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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2018
Current trends suggest that barriers to EV adoption such as price, range, selection and charging-time will continue to diminish, as costs come down and technology improves. Total Cost of Ownership: An analysis of 17 popular 2017 models found ZEVs can already be price competitive now, without government incentives. This works out to 0.05
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Study of 5-year TCO suggests ongoing challenge to unsubsidized BEV cost-competitiveness
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2018
A team at Arizona State University has analyzed the five-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for representative electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles—the Nissan Leaf (BEV), Toyota Prius (HEV), and Toyota Corolla (ICEV)—in 14 US cities from 2011 to 2015. Breetz, Deborah Salon (2018) “Do electric vehicles need subsidies?
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Mercedes-Benz will offer electric drive on all commercial van lines; electric eVito now available to order, eSprinter in 2019
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
This will start with the mid-size eVito, with deliveries commencing in the second half of 2018. The exclusive pre-ordering phase for the mid-size van begins today in Germany, with market launch scheduled for the second half of 2018. kWh, the range of the new eVito will be around 150 km (93 miles).
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2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2017
Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan.
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314 Ford announces China electrification push with new Mondeo PHEV and long-range electric SUV; 70% electrified line-up by 2025
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2017
The Mondeo Energi, to be launched in early 2018, will be the first plug-in hybrid to be manufactured by the Changan Ford JV. Ford also confirmed plans to bring an all-new fully electric small SUV to China within five years; the electric SUV will feature a range of up to 450 km (279 miles) and will also be marketed in North America and Europe.
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Study of 5-year TCO suggests ongoing challenge to unsubsidized BEV cost-competitiveness
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2018
A team at Arizona State University has analyzed the five-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for representative electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles—the Nissan Leaf (BEV), Toyota Prius (HEV), and Toyota Corolla (ICEV)—in 14 US cities from 2011 to 2015. Breetz, Deborah Salon (2018) “Do electric vehicles need subsidies?
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Hyundai Motor Group deepens partnership with Grab to accelerate EV adoption in Southeast Asia
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2021
The Group—including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation—and Grab will further develop new pilots and initiatives that lower the barriers of entry for Grab driver and delivery-partners to adopt EVs, such as lowering the total cost of ownership and reducing range anxiety.
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Road Test: 2022 Ford Escape PHEV Titanium FWD
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 5, 2022
That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. With a plug-in option the Escape can drive all-electric (for more than 40 miles we found). 244 total miles, with 144 all-electric miles. 72 miles, with 35.3 all-electric miles. ?? 72 miles, with 35.3
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91 UPS, NYSERDA project to convert UPS diesel delivery trucks to electric; UES 225 kW switched reluctance motor
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2017
If successful, the Bronx-based project is expected to bring a production version of the converted truck to the streets of New York City by Spring 2018. In addition to producing a new, cost-effective all-electric conversion kit, the project will deliver a blueprint for converting up to three UPS vehicles a day.
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170 Obama Administration announces first fuel economy and GHG standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2011
Under the new program, trucks and buses built in 2014 through 2018 will reduce oil consumption by a projected 530 million barrels and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by approximately 270 million metric tons. By the 2018 model year, the program is expected to achieve significant savings relative to current levels, across vehicle types.
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Want to trade in your Tesla? This owner shows you NEED to shop for offers
Teslarati
JULY 14, 2022
Matt’s Model 3 Rear-Wheel-Drive has 17,671 miles and is in “Like New” condition, for what it’s worth. This was $18,126 more than what Matt owes on his Model 3, giving him a nice profit and easily covering the cost of a 2022 Model 3 Rear-Wheel-Drive. He owes $33,533.74 I’d love to hear from you!
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Road Trip: 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range
Clean Fleet Report
AUGUST 6, 2023
Road Trip: 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium Extended Range Making the Case To Be Your Only Car Clean Fleet Report recently ventured on a 1,796-mile, four-state road trip in an all-electric 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD Extended. If opting for a rear-wheel drive model, the driving range increases to between 306 and 312 miles.
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