Dealers profit more from gas vehicle maintenance than from new-car sales or EV service.
Showroom staff may downplay EVs’ lower maintenance because it reduces dealership profits.
Consumer Reports analysis shows EV owners spend about half as much on maintenance and repairs over the life of the vehicle as gas-car owners
AAA’s Your Driving Costs numbers back it up. In 2023, they pegged average maintenance for new EVs at about 8.12 cents per mile, the lowest of any vehicle category they track
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne lab found the same pattern: battery-electric cars run about 40% cheaper per mile to maintain than gas cars.
Can confirm. 20k miles on my EV. I have replaced the cabin air filter and washer fluid. I should do my fluids sometime, but they’re taking way less beating than in an ICE. Brakes are hardly being used.
This is another reason why the dealership model needs to keep dying. They do not have your best interests in mind.
And you think buying direct from the manufacturer would be different?
An EV manufacturer wouldn’t try to dissuade you from buying an EV, that’s for sure.
I do think that part of why vehicle complexity is spiraling and repairability is dropping off is because manufacturers don’t care about longevity and especially not anyone who buys used cars and has to deal with fixing them after the warrant expires.
I just don’t also need a slimy middleman involved in that shitty process.
Don’t buy a shitty Tesla and they can be repaired just fine.
Tesla has a full range of service utilities integrated right in the car (for free) while Hyundai charges you if you want to swap your brake pads.
Sales people don’t give a shit what they sell. They would sell you their own grandma if they could make a buck.
If they don’t have EVs to sell, they will try and talk you into buying something they do sell, tho.
Well of course they would. If you are looking for an EV why would you visit a company that doesn’t sell them?
