Strange they did not include cost of vehicle maintenance/repair.Bill
I gathered it was a study comparing the fueling differences, not long term ownership costs.
With the inclusion of this page on what
wasn't taken into consideration, it would seem all general and long term maintenance is ignored for both types of vehicles.
Comparison: Real World Cost of Driving EVs and ICE Vehicles
Anderson Economic Group, LLC Unpacking the Cost of EV Charging 21
SEPARATING DIRECT
MONETARY COSTS
FROM IMPLICIT TIME
COSTS
This report separates implicit time costs from direct monetary costs.
Direct monetary costs are explicit, and can be objectively measured.
Time costs are inherently subjective, and can only be implicitly
estimated. We include the latter as a gauge for the reader, but do not add
time cost estimates to the direct monetary costs.
FUELING COSTS NOT
ITEMIZED IN THIS
REPORT
While this analysis properly accounts for four categories of direct
monetary costs, and does so for both EVs and ICE vehicles, there are a
handful of known costs that we do not itemize or include, such as:
1. Phantom Drain. Electric vehicles and ICE vehicles require a certain
amount of electric power while they are not being actively driven. We
ignore this in our analysis.
2. Electrical Power Usage While Charging. It is common for EV drivers
to use vehicle features while at a commercial charger. This use
includes lights, heater or air conditioner, electric seats (including any
heating or cooling), and music or an infotainment system. In addition,
EVs typically use internal systems to monitor the charging process.
For EV drivers, the cost of use while fueling is much higher than for
ICE vehicles. For safety reasons, gasoline-powered cars must be
turned off while refueling, and many stations require a person to be
outside the vehicle in view of the pump while it is operating. More-
over, the very short time required to fill a gasoline tank means that
any usage during that time is small.
We ignore this category of costs.
3. Battery Degradation. All vehicles degrade over time. Battery-electric
vehicles have a primary system that predictably degrades, namely the
battery.