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

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For a small SUV in 2025, modeled using Autonomie, based on the assumptions chosen, the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) has the lowest cost, followed by the conventional gasoline-fueled spark-ignition internal combustion engine (ICE-SI). LCOD across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY2025. Burnham et al.

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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. Birky, Alicia, Hunter, Chad, Lin, Zhenhong, Ou, Shiqi, Xie, Fei, Proctor, Camron, Wiryadinata, Steven, Liu, Nawei, and Boloor, Madhur. —Andrew Burnham, an environmental scientist at Argonne, creator of AFLEET, and co-author.