Their figures are doctored to make the model 3 look better.
A Camry more expensive to insure than a Tesla? Yeah right.
Resale that high on a Tesla & that low on a Camry? No way.
Maintenance $4000 on a Camry? I’ve got a half million miles over three camrys and the only unscheduled maintenance I’ve ever had was replacing a $50 battery. Oil changes are $30 every 10k miles, tires wear out on both cars. That $4000 figure is not even remotely realistic.
A classic case of fudged numbers, the writer has a future as a democratic vote counter.
I question the resale value of the tesla 3 since it hasn’t been out 5 years yet.
It would be really interesting to know the cost of gas and electricity used for the study. Those costs vary widely by location. Do the Tesla’s numbers include Supercharger access, and if so, what percentage?
Are subsidies included in the tax number for the Tesla? What is the sales tax rate used in the calculation?
How do they arrive at the maintenance costs? What assumptions are they making?
How many total miles are they basing this on?
How in the world can the Camry’s financing cost be so low, and the other so high? You would think that financing costs would be a fairly constant percentage of the purchase price. But they claim that financing the Audi is 6 times the cost of financing the Camry, when the Audi costs less than twice as much. What down payment are they basing this on?
2018 Tesla Model 3 for sale on Copart, an insurance auction site. 6500 miles with a salvage title.
See how little damage it took to “total” it.
https://www.copart.com/lot/37275509
I have seen Teslas with less damage totaled.