- A Tesla Model 3 traveled 250,000 miles in less than five years.
- The American EV is still on its original powertrain, and the running costs have been minimal.
- A single part needed replacing because it failed prematurely, with the rest of the money going to regular maintenance.
Electric cars are cheaper to run than their combustion-powered counterparts. It’s something that hardcore EV enthusiasts have known for years, and now that more and more people are getting behind the wheel of a battery-powered car for the first time, that knowledge pool is slowly getting bigger.