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.
Since you mentioned you have winter tires: Where do you store your other set of tires? Also, are you doing it yourself? Are you doing the balancing and alignment and all that shit they charge for when you get new tires?
Asking as someone who is winter-tire-curious
The studded tires themselves were balanced when i bought them and got them installed on rims. I check the tires for inconsistent wear and label them so I know where the were and rotate them accordingly. (The winter tires are unidirectional so I rotate them front to back but not side to side.) The non studded tires I have are also classed as all season but have a mountain symbol so are safe for winter driving as well but I want the studded for any winter highway driving and occasional skihill driving.
If I notice any odd pulling, bad wear patterns or steering issues then I would go in for an actual alignment.
Sorry I didn’t answer in order of how you asked but I store my EV tires in my garage as well as our truck tires. I change both vehicles tires myself, I have a floor jack and an air compressor with air tools as well as a torque wrench for final tightening. I bought the tires on rims with TPS sensors installed and balancing was included in the cost.