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Electric vehicles are very cheap to run, compared with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. There are many factors which operate together to make this happen: an electric motor has one moving part. An ICE has hundreds, all grinding away at one another. And the whole thing is driven by explosions! An ICE vehicle has to be serviced frequently because of the ICE itself. Explosions & hundreds of pieces grinding one another to destruction have to be cooled &/or lubricated. Oil gradually loses its ability to lubricate, largely due to contamination with fuel & combustion products. Spark plugs, fan belts, air filters, oil filters & the oil itself all need to be replaced.
Another factor is that electricity is much cheaper per kilometre than petrol or diesel, or, as one Tesla owner has found, than tyres:
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1095439_life-with-tesla-model-s-tires-cost-me-more-than-my-fuel-does / electric vehicle car EV cheap to run set replacement tires for Tesla Model S 26000 miles less per mile electric fuel electricity power energy charge recharge tires Michelin Primacy MXM4 all season grand touring tires $250 each apiece mounting balancing distance miles 4.3 cents per mile high performance luxury sedan cost of electricity 8,531 kiloWatt hours electricity electric Tesla network of free high power Superchargers Supercharger 5,500 Supercharged miles 2,500 mile round trip Florida my home New York Hudson Valley 1,800 free kWh Superchargers local utility Central Hudson charge charged charges recharge 14 cents per kWh special night time electric car rates tire costs vary Model S owner Goodyear Eagles Model S owners optional 21 inch rims high performance tire replacement 15 cents per mile electricity rates vary tire expenses national average rate 11 cents per kWh many utilities special night time rates local utility Indianapolis Power and Light electric car only rate for off-peak charging free Supercharged miles /
