For drivers in Mexico considering app-based taxi work, the main trade-off between electric and gasoline cars is a higher purchase price versus lower energy and maintenance costs. The article compares a Nissan Versa V-Drive, priced from 285,900 pesos, with the JAC E10X, which is listed at 371,000 pesos and has a stated range of 300 km. That makes the electric car more than 85,000 pesos costlier upfront.
The comparison assumes a driver covers about 100 km during a 12-hour workday. At an estimated city economy of 11 km per liter, the V-Drive would use just over nine liters of gasoline, costing about 211 pesos at an average Magna price of 23.51 pesos per liter. Charging the E10X at home with a JAC charger, on a dedicated domestic connection and CFE tariff, is estimated at 20.58 pesos for the same distance. On the article’s monthly estimate, that works out to 6,726.72 pesos for gasoline versus 617.60 pesos for electricity.
Servicing is another point in the EV’s favor: the article puts electric-car maintenance intervals at around 30,000 km, compared with a first service at 10,000 km for the gasoline car, costing about 2,300 pesos. It estimates that fuel and service savings could offset the EV’s higher initial cost after 70,000–100,000 km, or roughly three to five years. As a separate example, a Brazilian Uber driver’s BYD Dolphin had covered more than 200,000 km in two years while still showing 405 km of range.