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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025. They are newer to the road, so it was hard to know, for instance, their historic needs for maintenance over their operational life. The study finds, for example, that battery electric vehicles have maintenance costs 40% lower than ICE vehicles.

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Ioxus launches new ultracap module series for easier design and installation; under the hood for automotive

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Chad Hall, co-founder and VP of product management at Ioxus. Modularity: Flexibility to serve and optimize applications that are currently underserved, such as the UPS, power quality and light rail markets, at competitive price points. —Chad Hall. Batteries' The finned housing helps.