Yeah, of course. But, my point is, doing a road trip in an EV vs gas car, there are other costs that people do not take into consideration. They just look at the charging costs vs fuel costs, and in reality, there are other things that make the actual costs not that clear, like the time to take to charge. That time could literally be $$ if you have to stay at a hotel for one night because of all the time charging added to your trip.

I think this is one of those situations that driving an EV is more expensive than gas. I mean, think about it. Driving gas, you could do the trip in one go. I’ve done Phoenix, AZ to San Jose in a day in my PHEV, and we even started later in the day and got home past midnight. If I was in an EV, we would have probably stayed at a hotel somewhere and no matter how cheap electricity is compared to fuel, all of that goes away with a hotel stay.

What’s the actual real world fuel economy? That’s what I want to know.

They both use the same drive train, and I know they both have the dreaded transmission failure. It’s a big job to fix, so it’s no wonder both are depreciating like the price fell off a cliff.

They have big issues with transmission failure. The Audi is also built with the same drive train, and it’s the main reason why they’re going for much cheaper on the used car market.