total cost of ownership
Total cost of ownership is the full amount you’ll spend on a car, from buying it to keeping it running, like gas, repairs, insurance, and how much its value goes down.
Total cost of ownership (TCO) refers to the complete expense of owning and operating a vehicle over its lifetime, including purchase price, fuel, maintenance, insurance, taxes, depreciation, and any other related costs.
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"he did say there's a small maintenance benefit so i asked what that was this is quote the predicted maintenance benefit will be very minor in terms of total cost of ownership..."
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"for consumers is to think about sort of that total cost of ownership. How much am I paying for gas now? Cause that's, you know, that could go down in two weeks time, but we don't know. And then..."
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"But the main pain points were elsewhere. Not the vehicles. They said there's a higher upfront purchase price, but of course they look at total cost of ownership."
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