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

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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2025 Chevy Equinox EV costs $34,995 for 319 miles, gets power boost

Green Car Reports

Chevrolet appears to have held true on the arrival of an Equinox EV version that costs just $34,995 and is set to deliver well over 300 miles of range. But it's arriving for the 2025 model year, rather than 2024. The GM brand said Thursday that the base 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV LT will be available "soon."

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Study: Tesla leads with lowest ownership cost, beats Toyota

Green Car Reports

As part of its 2023 Annual Auto Surveys, Consumer Reports asked owners how much they paid out of pocket for maintenance costs like oil changes over the previous 12 months. Teslas are less expensive to maintain than other car brands, including some with strong reputations for reliability, according to Consumer Reports.

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These hybrids have AWD, top 40 mpg, cost less than $30,000

Green Car Reports

But if we set the cost ceiling in bargain territory by today’s. If so, one of the market’s low-priced, high-mpg all-wheel-drive hybrids may be your best bet. There aren’t all that many all-wheel-drive hybrids to begin with.

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Why do EVs cost more to insure than hybrids in 2024?

Green Car Reports

As more data rolls in from the insurance industry, an unfortunate trend has persisted for electric vehicles: They cost more to insure. And there are enough of them in the vehicle fleet now to underscore that it’s no longer a matter of insurance companies covering themselves for the unknowns of a new vehicle type.

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Half of 2024 EVs have lower 5-year ownership cost vs. ICE

Green Car Reports

Many EVs have a lower five-year cost of ownership than comparable gasoline models, according an annual roundup from Vincentric, a source for ownership cost calculations for websites and automakers.

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Kia Sorento PHEV updated for 2025, costs $10,000 more than 3 years ago

Green Car Reports

The 2025 Kia Sorento plug-in hybrid adopts the lineup's redesign from 2024 Sorento plug-in hybrid costs $49,365 Most buyers paid $10,000 less for similar plug-in hybrid Sorento just three years ago The 2025 Kia Sorento PHEV features revised styling and tech in line with the standard Sorento and Sorento Hybrid, but its effective cost as gone up.

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