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My maintenance on this car is substantially less than it was with an ice car. No oil changes, radiator flushes, or anything associated with brakes. I change my tires every 50k miles, my wiper blades, and wiper fluid. These were the only maintenance items I need to do . I took the car in to the manufacturer at the 5yr mark to do an inspection and was told nothing was out of order and needed addressing. No hydraulic fluid or oil changes, no lubrication, no brake pads.
Just drive and spend less on electricity than you spend on gas.
I would not call all those things substantially less. My last car went 250k miles with only one brake pad change. There should be grease fittings in the steering system to lube - though maybe they just expect you to replace parts that wear out early from lack of lube - not unreasonable when they can last 100k miles without.
my phev is saving me a ton of money in gas, but maitenance is tiny either way. However you still need to do it even though as I said most people don't bother and get by.