I don’t have an EV yet as I just can’t afford one large enough for our needs. And that’s needs, not wants.
However, EV batteries…. Compared to… engine wear, battery, wearing alternator, rotting exhaust, clunky starter motor, failing DPF or cat, air con using R134a…
There’s a bloke where I work who, faced with 99 reasons to do/buy something will stare at the one reason not to. He’s the most miserable bloke I’ve ever met. I don’t want to be like Pat!
I’ve had a nemo van for over seven years and have never had any of that stuff above go wrong, yes there’s been maintenance and repairs but nothing major like those things.
Weve also run a 1.0 litre fiesta since May 2016 and the only thing that’s needed done in five years is one tyre plus servicing and mots of course but one tyre is the sum total of the repairs.
In fact thinking about it my daughter has run a VW polo 1.2 petrol engine car since October 2015 and she has had two tyres replaced in that time and also a few window washer pump fuses blow and that’s it two tyres in six years and the other car one tyre in five years.
Hardly a compelling argument for EVs vs ‘normal’ cars regarding running costs.