Leasing EV is $5,000-$7,500 cheaper per year than "comparable" gas vehicles

Every six months?

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Is leasing the answer to avoid the OT boogeyman of the $40k EV battery replacement that happens every 6 months?

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It's the same as with a gas vehicle. Yes, if you want a new car every 2-3 years, leasing can be a viable option.

Hidden cost: Mot EV's are very expensive to insure versus an ICE vehicle. They get totaled easily and collision parts are not always readily available. Just ask any Tesla owner.

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EV battery replacement that happens every 6 months?

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wat?

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My Tesla Y cost me 800 every 6 months.

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I pay that for 3 vehicles all with collision/comp.

EV's are expensive to insure.

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Hidden cost: Mot EV's are very expensive to insure versus an ICE vehicle. They get totaled easily and collision parts are not always readily available. Just ask any Tesla owner.

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Also they are more susceptible to spontaneous combustion

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is $500 cheaper per month and nearly $7,500 cheaper per year

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What year because our Subaru was 600 for 6 months and that’s a 2015. I doubt you have 3 cars with collision under 800 every 6 months unless the value of those cars are like 10k

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pay that for 3 vehicles all with collision/comp.

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Who is your insurer?

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if I need to charge every 200 to 300 miles they are worthless to me

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How many hundred miles do you drive a day?

On average, not many. So for use as a town car that range is fine. But I do have a regular need to take 5 to 6 hour trips on the interstate in the southern US.

It’s funny—I see a good number of Teslas around town where I live. They look great. But out on the interstate I hardly ever see them.