People are amazed when I tell them my home consumes about 200 kWh a month excluding cars. They are too lazy to do the most basic learning like you have.
Depends on your appetite for air conditioning and how many gas vs. electric appliances you have.
If you have a family and use air conditioning, electric dryer, electric stove, it is extremely difficult to use less than a few hundred kWh a month.
How much is a 4 years of standard maintenance on a car that cost $35k+ like a BMV, Audit, Mercedes, etc?
BMW includes maintenance for 4 years in the cost of the vehicle.
Audi Care costs about $800 for 50K miles of regular scheduled maintenance.
I don't know what Mercedes costs, but it's in this ballpark.
ICE cars, even fancy european ones, are not crazy expensive to maintain for the first few years. The real heavy hitting costs come in down the line when the cars need major maintenance items addressed like timing belts, water pumps, seals, etc... stuff that, even on a 3 series BMW can push into a couple thousand bucks.
As I said originally, the "real" maintenance cost savings on an electric car come in during this period of time, say 8-12 years of ownership... far past when most of us keep our vehicles. It also doesn't factor in what happens if you need a new $15,000 battery for your electric... that will wipe out any savings from maintenance for the entire time you've owned the car compared to an ICE vehicle.
