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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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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 looked at several powertrains: internal combustion engine, hybrid electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle and battery electric vehicle.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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It makes no sense to me to own a gas-only car in 2030 or even just a plain hybrid. But what about plug-in hybrids? John Voelcker I think you will find that in the case of the RAV4 Prime, the plug-in hybrid version, it's nowhere near 50 percent. The plug in hybrid question is a great one, and it is one that I still think is open.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

It makes no sense to me to own a gas-only car in 2030 or even just a plain hybrid. But what about plug-in hybrids? John Voelcker I think you will find that in the case of the RAV4 Prime, the plug-in hybrid version, it's nowhere near 50 percent. The plug in hybrid question is a great one, and it is one that I still think is open.