[–] Imapopulistnow ago
Typical. Take an anomalic event under highly unusual circumstances and present as evidence for the general population. British fuel costs, multiple short trips, extremely high useage.
It does make sense that EVs would be more cost effective in situations similar to this possibly such as NYC taxi drivers, though even then the numbers may not work without greater battery capacity.
The example you provided, i suspect the battery life is way shorter given the frequent fast xycle recharges.
So give me an example where under ordinary conditions EV is cheaper, enlightened one.
[–] TheBrokenWorld ago (edited ago)
Even if the fast recharges shorten battery life (I doubt that they do), those people are saving well more than enough to buy a replacement battery. In fact, they're saving enough to buy 15 replacement batteries.
Link.
Just with the savings from the energy costs of a Nissan Leaf, you could save nearly enough money after 120,000 miles of driving to pay for the cost of a new battery. I'm not really sure where you can find solid data for the cost of maintenance, but maintenance costs for an EV are drastically lower than they are for an ICE vehicle.