Another Nifty tool - Compare full costs of EV (model 3) vs ICEV costs This tool was built based on a number of threads i've read about cost of EV vs ICEV cars (usually purchase costs vs comparable cars, maintenance costs and of course fuel electricity running costs) I've tried to do an impartial and fair year-by-year analysis comparison of costs which properly
Tire rolling resistance listing in Consumer Reports I e about 3 5% difference for an ICEV getting 28 to 29 mpg Still, that can make about a 49 gallon difference over 40,000 miles, which can be a significant factor in the cost of the one model of tire versus another But remember that EVs use 1 4 to 1 3 the energy compared to similar size and shape ICEVs, so the same amount of additional energy lost to additional tire rolling resistance will
Model 3 in Snow Ice | Tesla Motors Club AWD shouldn't be notably better than 2WD in slowing or stopping a car It will be worse, due to the added weight (of extra motors in an EV and a whole lot more stuff in an ICEV)
front wheel drive | Tesla Motors Club FWD ICEV cars are more fuel efficient purely because there's less in terms of drivetrain losses Less need for long driveshafts with lots of friction points to potentially lose energy The only downside is, you lose a tiny bit of efficiency in cornering as the front wheels also have to steer the car as well as power it
Tesla, TSLA the Investment World: 2025 Even for an EV + ICEV xHEV household, it moves the miles to the BEV, making it the primary vehicle But on top of that, longer journeys become easier and more convenient because less infrastructure is required, the owner make fewer stops, and the EV has a larger battery so most likely can charge faster
Road trip consumption ~35% worse than normal | Tesla Motors Club On a recent road trip, I saw ~35% worse consumption than normal driving But it was not surprising: Almost all highway driving, and at significantly higher speeds than normal highway driving where speeds are often traffic-limited to significantly lower than the posted speed limits Much higher
Tesla, TSLA the Investment World: 2026 Yup Still shopping She likes the rav4 prime, but trying to keep around $20k For low mileage, a warm climate, and unable to plug in why bother? Longer journeys infrequent Why not just something like a late-2010s early 2020s compact ICEV sedan?
Tesla Model 3 Four Years On | Tesla Motors Club My road trips charging costs were equivalent to the fuel costs of an ICEV that got 30mpg However, the road trip conditions (roof cargo, high speeds, 100F weather leading to heavy AC use) were such that an EV was 25-30% worse than EPA highway efficiency, and an ICEV was 20-25% worse (based on similar trips with ICEVs), so the equivalent ICEV
Tesla, TSLA the Investment World: 2025 Yes ICEv need to 'charge' away from home No ICEv don't need to spend at least 20 minutes and closer to 40 to 60 minutes for a more full charge Random AC chargers aren't everywhere around here, and I live in one of the highest EV adoption areas in the country I think part of the relative rarity of chargers is that garages are common enough that a lot of that nomadic charging gets done at