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Tesla wins Kelley Blue Book’s 2023 5-year Cost to Own Award for premium EVs

Teslarati

Consumers are well aware that vehicle ownership involves not only the purchase price of cars but also the vehicle’s total cost of ownership. This includes everything from fuel to maintenance, insurance, and a car’s depreciation. Other notable electric vehicles also won spots in Kelley Blue Book’s awards.

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GS Yuasa books $30M in extraordinary losses for faulty batteries in Mitsubishi PEVs

Green Car Congress

s recall of defective batteries used in its plug-in hybrids and electric cars (PEVs). Replacement and maintenance demand for the aircraft batteries is expected to get into full swing in fiscal 2016 and beyond. The Nikkei reported that GS Yuasa Corp. Earlier post.).

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Electric Vehicles Are Only Getting Cheaper To Own

EV Match

An internal-combustion engine vehicle will cost about 4½ times more to operate and maintain than a comparable electric car. Electric vehicles are much cheaper to operate and maintain. That’s one major advantage of owning an electric car. Save Money on Brake Maintenance.

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Tesla Model 3 named as one of the winners in KBB’s 5-Year Cost to Own Awards for 2022

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The Tesla Model 3 was recently deemed by Kelley Blue Book as one of the winners in its 5-Year Cost to Own Awards for 2022. This includes the vehicle’s price, maintenance costs, fuel or charging rates, any state tax, and registration fees, as well as a car’s depreciation over a 5-year ownership period, among others.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

The Truth About Cars

percent of all new car registrations were electric vehicles. percent in the United States, according to data accumulated from Kelly Blue Book.& If we have a situation like now, with certain reluctance to buy electric cars in Europe, then maybe the subsidies will come back." In 2022, the EU estimated that 21.6-percent

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How Safe Are EVs for Fleets?

Blink Charging

Many fleet owners and operators are interested in reducing operational and maintenance costs with electric vehicles (EVs), but they worry about vehicle safety. As for vehicle recalls, Kelley Blue Book offers a tracking webpage , and National Highway Safety Administration offers a vehicle search by Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

It’s another EV charging learning experience for my road trip partner, who has just bought his first electric car and – in only half a day – has already been exposed to range anxiety, broken chargers, charger queueing, signing up to every conceivable charging app, and the perils of no phone reception to initiate charging.

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