I love my eMTB. It flies. But I just had to replace the battery at $999 (AU) - after it had done 6500 kms. After adding charging costs to that it basically came down to 20 c per kilometre not including cost of the bike, whilst the petrol cost for my car is 19c per kilometre. So apart from the fact its a cool bike its not actually cheaper to run than the petrol car (which is an x5).
Pure EV just isn't viable in regional Australia - you basically have to go at least Hybrid. And as Toyota Says it can produce 6 plug in Hybrids for the same rare earth materials as 1 full EV. (It can also produce 90 non-plug-in hybrids for same materials usage). https://energyminute.ca/news/toyotas-1690-rule-the-case-for-hybrids/
I love my eMTB. It flies. But I just had to replace the battery at $999 (AU) - after it had done 6500 kms. After adding charging costs to that it basically came down to 20 c per kilometre not including cost of the bike, whilst the petrol cost for my car is 19c per kilometre. So apart from the fact its a cool bike its not actually cheaper to run than the petrol car (which is an x5).
I was looking at plugin cars and came to the same conclusion- I would pay $10,000 extra for the plugin version.
The per mile costs would be cheaper. So after 100,000 miles I would have saved $10,000.
But lithium ion batteries have needed replacing in every device I have ever owned. So I would have increased future battery repair costs.
Pure EV just isn't viable in regional Australia - you basically have to go at least Hybrid. And as Toyota Says it can produce 6 plug in Hybrids for the same rare earth materials as 1 full EV. (It can also produce 90 non-plug-in hybrids for same materials usage). https://energyminute.ca/news/toyotas-1690-rule-the-case-for-hybrids/