Correction: the "2K Trailer Hitch Receiver with 4-Pin Connector" isn't standard on the XL, it's an additional option for $100. So you would actually have to add $225 to the base price, and so the total rises to $30,760 (MSRP plus fees).
For example, this dealer in Missouri is currently advertising a new 2025 Maverick XL AWD with the 2L EcoBoost (250 hp) for $27,636. The ad doesn't mention the 2K tow hitch, so you would probably have to budget another $100 for that.
Yes, the hybrid Maverick could realistically perform as well as a Slate, despite its lower hp, given the likely greater weight of the Slate. For example:
A Slate charged at my level 2 charger in my garage would cost $1.22 to go that 55 miles assuming the 2.8 miles/kWh efficiency. I’m optimistic that it will be closer 3.2 miles/kWh due to listing max battery capacity and not usable.
So is your position that it will be more expensive to operate the Slate than it would be to operate a Maverick? That is certainly the polar opposite of my experience with 2 different EVs over the last 7 years.
I find that position extremely difficult to believe true.
Below is the expense report for my 2018 Tesla Model 3 since I bought it new. Average operating expense(maintenance) to operate has been 3.8¢/mile. This is by far and away much cheaper than any ICE vehicle I've owned in 38 years of vehicle ownership. Electricity expense has been 3.1¢/mile which is also cheaper than any gasoline expense for any ICE vehicle I've owned. Even cheaper than the 1992 Saturn I drove from 1992 to 2004 with an average gas price of $1.10/gallon which got an average of 31.5 mpg in the 177k miles we drove it. Provided you are not reliant on DC fast charging for your daily driving needs, I would submit that the Slate will be cheaper to operate than the Maverick by a wide margin. If you are reliant on DC fast charging for your daily driving needs then it will be much less of a financial benefit to switch to EV and it might be advisable to stick with an ICE vehicle as I can't imagine visiting DC fast chargers that frequently is worth the cost savings for most. Just my 2¢.
Thanks. I did understand you were referring to public charging and I was providing what I believe is a more likely scenario. My electricity costs do include some DC fast charging when on trips. Incidentally, your 45 cents per kWh would be a public DC Fast Charging rate and not a Level 2 public charger which would be around 20 cents per kWh. I think your math indicates that if your plan is to buy a Slate and utilize 100% public DC fast charging infrastructure then it is probably more cost effective to buy a Maverick instead.No offense meant, but JFC, I said when the Slate is charged using the public network. According to the Poster, his Maverick Hybrid gets 47 MPG. The public network charges around 45-cents per kWh according to the internet and what I've read as reported by Mach E owners on the Mache E Forum. It's just simple mathematics.
If you keep relating your numbers to an EV charged at home at the national average of around 13-cents per kWh, the mathematics that generate my numbers will not make sense to you.
