Electric cars are on average more expensive to maintain than cars with a fuel engine. This is the conclusion of data analyst WESP on the basis of the maintenance costs of nearly 1.3 million cars that have been serviced in the workshop of a garage in the past 12 months.
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On average, you spend 551 euros (excluding VAT) on maintenance for a car with a fuel engine. With an electric car, a maintenance service costs an average of 584 euros (excluding VAT). The difference will be according to director Bas Wintjes van WASP, to which more than a thousand garages are affiliated, mainly caused by the tires. ‘Not only because they wear out faster, but also because the tires often have a different size, which makes them more expensive,’ he says. The National Auto Show. The tires of an electric car are on average 113 euros more expensive.
Nuance
Although the maintenance of electric cars is on average more expensive, Wintjes does add some nuance. In total, more than 10,000 electric cars were included in the study and 1.2 million fuel cars. ‘Those 1.2 million fuel cars include a lot of Suzuki Alto’s and Peugeot 107. The electric cars are mainly driven for business purposes. The Teslas, who drive a lot. ‘ Still, according to Wintjes, the idea that the maintenance of an electric car is much cheaper is not true. “That is untenable.” Not even if cars are compared within segments of the same age. Even then, the electric car really doesn’t always win. That’s because an enormous shift is taking place within those subgroups, ‘says Wintjes.
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