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Consumer Reports: Popular EV models cost less to own than comparable legacy vehicles

Posted November 4th, 2020 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Vehicles.

Surprise, surprise! An analysis by Consumer Reports has confirmed what EV boosters have been saying for a few years now: opting for a plug-in vehicle will save you thousands of dollars compared to owning a gas-powered vehicle. Savings on fuel and maintenance more than offset the higher purchase prices of EVs and PHEVs over the… Read more »

Consumer Reports: After a year, we still love our Tesla Model S

Posted January 2nd, 2014 by Charles Morris & filed under Newswire, The Vehicles.

In May, Consumer Reports got everyone’s attention when it awarded the Tesla Model S a road-test score of 99 on a 100-point scale, making it the highest-rated car its team had tested in the last five years. Now that Consumer’s Union has owned a Model S for a full year, and driven it some 11,380… Read more »