Ownership

Wondering what it's like to own a fuel-efficient, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric car? Explore this section for valuable insights on maintenance and repair costs, insurance premiums, reliability, and customer satisfaction ratings.

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Why You Should Pay Attention to Recall Notices

If you’ve purchased an EV, or if you are investigating one, it is worth checking to ensure that the vehicle in question doesn't have any open recalls. We explain how - and what to look out for.

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How Much Cheaper Is It to Drive Electric?

For their recent report, called “The True Cost,” Clean Energy Canada analyzed a number of popular electric vehicle models, comparing their total ownership costs with that of their closest gasoline equivalents. Without exception, they discovered that driving electric was financially rewarding.

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How Car Dealers Are Servicing Electric Cars

Electric vehicles don’t need regular oil and other fluid changes, so what does that mean for dealership service departments? Well, electric cars still have tires, brakes, and other car parts - we explain servicing in this article.

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How Much Does It Cost to Maintain an EV?

Electric cars are mechanically much more simple than gasoline cars, with fewer moving parts. But they are still cars – with wheels, tires, brakes, suspensions, windows, heating and cooling systems, and, of course, ever more complex electronics. We discuss maintenance costs in this article.

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What to Consider When Buying a Used Electric Car

While buying a used electric vehicle isn’t that different from buying a used gasoline vehicle, there are some EV nuances you should be aware of, so that you have the best experience possible.

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How to Repair a Crashed Electric Car

When it comes to repairing a highly-electrified vehicle, there are some considerations you should be aware of when choosing a repair facility to ensure your vehicle is returned to you as safe as when it was new.

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Five Ways to Improve Your EV Range

Want to extend your electric car's range? These five simple tips will help you eke out a few more miles from each charge. By driving conscientiously and making use of all your EV's features, you'd be surprised how much further you can go.

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Owner's Story: Oleh's Volkswagen e-Golf

Before going electric, Oleh Hankivsky was a diesel devotee. But in 2017, Oleh decided to be one of the first people to lease a Volkswagen e-Golf, which had just hit the market.

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Tips for Driving Your EV in the Winter

We all know that cold weather can reduce the range of an electric vehicle. Here are five tips to increase your electric vehicle’s range, and to make winter driving more convenient.

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How Electric Car Maintenance Works

Electric cars with all their amazing technology are really quite simple to maintain and cost roughly one third of what you’d typically spend to keep a gas-powered car serviced. Here's what to look out for.

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Owner's Story: Amber's Chevy Bolt

We recently interviewed Amber, a mental health therapist who lives in Ashland, Oregon, with her husband and two amazing daughters, about her experience buying and owning a Chevy Bolt.

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Five Tips for Buying an Electric Car

By the year 2030, electric vehicle will eclipse the sales of gasoline-powered vehicles. For those of you who are interested in buying an electric car, we have some handy tips to make your purchase easier.

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Electric Hits: The Best Classic Road Tunes

The car is quiet… maybe too quiet, and you need to crank up the road tunes for that long road trip you’ve been planning. We decided that you need a little help to get your groove on, so here we have a list of over 50 amazing driving songs for the ultimate EV driving playlist.

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Owner's Story: Dave's Toyota Prius

When Dave and his wife traded in a VW Passat wagon for the brand-new Spectra Blue Prius in late 2008, it was the first new car they had ever purchased. The 110 horsepower Toyota would never set any speed records. Instead, it would serve as a workhorse for the whole family.

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