If one really wants to get into a pissing contest with the most economic vehicle to run, I win. Every damn time.
My 2.6 ton full size Nissan patrol 4wd cost me $4000 to buy used. Km driven, about 15,000 Km on average.
Annual fuel costs, ANY fuel/ electric costs would be well under $200 per year.
Oh yeah, I change the oil and filters 4 times a year at about another $200. Just wanted to put that in before some EV excuse making parishioner of the green cult brought up the " no oil changes " crap to make their EV's sound better.
Oh, and it can tow My trailer, Boat, horse floats and anything else up to 3 ton. Try that in all but 1 EV. With a 2 ton boat and trailer, will still go a tad over 400Km before a refill is needed..... that takes about 4 Min for another 400Km.
Now how much were those expensive EV's to run a year?
OMG! That much for a pissy little match box. NO thanks!
I'll have something I can do an interstate trip in for about $5-30 in depending on the time of year.
The quiet and smoothness were just added benefits I hadn't considered when I bought it,
Piffle! Complete and utter piffle!
I HAVE driven electrics and this " Smoothness" thing is a load of crap.
Either people were driving some old tank like My Diesel 4WD which IS rough and noisy ( and 25Yo and I love it) or they are just drinking too much of the green EV flavored Cool aide.
Get IN a modern IC and you can't feel OR hear the engine. Yes the EV -may- be quieter on the outside but there is no difference on the inside. The EV evangelists would have you believe IC's are like driving down the road in a tracked Dozer. Modern IC engines are smooth, balanced and have had tens of Millions spent on them to reduce NVH to levels only machines can measure.
The FAR greatest NVH now does not come from the engine at all, it comes from the ROAD. And electrics are no more smoother than any other car when driving on the same road and anyone that says different is full of ship!
The power train is NOT the cause of noise and vibration in a modern car and hasn't been for years. Most new cars you can only tell are running by looking at the tacho. Put an EV and a Modern ICE on a dirt road or a sheet of glass and the only difference will be measurable by instruments.
I have found that modern ICE"s are so quiet even on the outside they can be dangerous. Several times now I have been trundling along in carparks and other places where pedestrians have been wandering around and they don't hear you and walk out in front. One has to be on their toes and aware of this and the same happened in the EV. Never happens in the Truck and that is a good thing from a safety and relaxation POV when I'm driving the thing.
The EV bandwagon riders would have people believe that electrics levitate over potholes, seams and joints in the road, driveways and all other road imperfections so as to be like riding on a cloud. Newsflash, THEY DON'T.
Nor do the engines in a modern ICE car sound and shake like a screaming 471 jimmy hard mounted to the chassis rails in a beam axle mack truck.
The suspension and damping design as well as sound proofing and NVH technology that goes into an Ice and an EV is the same and an ice engine is is smooth and balanced to the point of being imperceptible .
If people are such delicate little snowflakes the Noise and vibration of a modern ICE vehicle is too much for their sensitive disposition to handle, They should get the fk off the road and let their boyfriend do the driving or stay at home and play with their glitter collection.
Perhaps the EV flag wavers all came from 20 yo clapped out shit boxes and their PERCEPTIONS of EV's being so smooth are because the suspension and bushes on the old chitbox were shot and the thing had dropped at least one Cylinder. Now they have moved into a new car with the improvements in suspension design and condition, they THINK the EV is so much better and they haven't driven new IC cars?
More likley by far, it's just the typical overhyping to push any green related agenda as usual.
Don't know but as someone whom has driven both, I say it's not the car that determines noise and comfort, it's the condition of the road you are driving on.