The quiet community of Ngodini, just outside Nelspruit in Mpumalanga, South Africa, woke up to heartbreaking news that left neighbours and relatives in disbelief. Twelve-year-old Ayanda had always been the responsible one. As the eldest of three children, she helped her mother care for her younger siblings, eight-year-old Sipho and four-year-old Amahle. Their mother, Nomsa, worked hard to provide for them, often reminding her children that no matter how difficult life became, they should always love and protect one another. One cold winter morning, the children woke up as usual. Ayanda prepared breakfast while waiting for their mother to get up for work. Minutes turned into an hour, but Nomsa never came out of her bedroom. Ayanda gently knocked on the door. "Mama?" she called softly. There was no answer. She knocked again, louder this time. "Mama, it's morning. You have to wake up." Still, there was only silence. Growing worried, Ayanda tried opening the door. H...
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A new study breaks down vehicle ownership cost. Here’s how EVs fared
A new study from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory offers the most comprehensive results yet of the costs of owning and operating different types of vehicles and how costs vary by powertrain.
The study is titled “Comprehensive Total Cost of Ownership Quantification for Vehicles with Different Size Classes and Powertrains.”
Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories collaborated on the study.
Factors considered
The researchers considered the following in order to calculate the total cost of ownership:
Vehicle purchase cost
Depreciation
Financing and fuel costs
Costs related to insurance (new)
Maintenance and repair (new)
Taxes and fees (new)
Mack electric garbage truck
The report covers the following vehicles:
Light-duty passenger vehicles: compact and midsize sedans, small and large sport utility vehicles, and pickup trucks
Medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles: semi-tractors; medium-duty vans and pickups; transit buses; box, utility aerial, and dump trucks; garbage trucks.
It also looked at the following powertrains:
Internal combustion engine
Hybrid electric vehicle
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Fuel cell electric vehicle
Battery electric vehicle
Study findings (electric vehicles in bold)
The study found that the maintenance costs of battery electric vehicles are 40% lower than ICE vehicles.
Overall, hybrid electric vehicles currently tend to be the lowest-cost powertrain. However, battery electric vehicles will reach cost parity as battery prices drop, and hydrogen-powered fuel-cell electric vehicles will reach cost parity with conventional vehicles as the price of hydrogen drops.
David Gohlke, an energy and environmental analyst at Argonne and coauthor of the study, said:
There is uncertainty with how quickly these costs will drop, but the technology is trending in the right direction.
Other findings of note include the following, according to the Argonne National Laboratory (and electric vehicle findings are in bold):
Other findings of note include that cars depreciate faster than light trucks, and that older electric vehicles have a greater depreciation rate than newer electric vehicles.
Light-duty vehicle insurance costs are comparable for different powertrains, and vehicle size and vocation both affect incurred costs for medium/heavy-duty commercial vehicle insurance.
Light-duty vehicle taxes and fees are comparable across powertrain types and size classes, though marginally higher registration fees exist for alternative fuel vehicles in many states.
Many electric tractor trailers would be affected by additional battery weight, reducing the available payload capacity, and this cost can be substantial.
Electric vehicle charging for commercial vehicles can be time-consuming; if this charging is paid at an hourly rate, labor can cause this cost to dominate total cost of ownership.
Long-haul battery electric vehicle semi-tractors, which are the most expensive today due to their large batteries, will become the least expensive powertrain in 2035 as battery prices continue to drop.
For local delivery vehicles such as the Class 4 truck, the battery electric vehicle is the lowest cost option in 2025, the baseline year for the study’s modeling.
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