I am trying to compare the total cost of ownership between leasing a new electric vehicle and buying a traditional gas powered car as a young professional.
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
I am trying to compare the total cost of ownership between leasing a new electric vehicle and buying a traditional gas powered car as a young professional.
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 United States electric vehicle lease total cost ownership electricity gasoline maintenance insurance depreciation data Department of EnergyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
2026 IRS clean vehicle tax credit changes 2026 electric vehicle lease tax credit current lawGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
2025 average new car loan interest rate used car loan rate insurance cost electric vehicles gasoline vehicles United StatesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
2026 United States electric vehicle lease total cost ownership electricity gasoline maintenance insurance depreciation data Department of Energy Google ↗
2026 IRS clean vehicle tax credit changes 2026 electric vehicle lease tax credit current law Google ↗
2025 average new car loan interest rate used car loan rate insurance cost electric vehicles gasoline vehicles United States Google ↗
- Alternative Fuels Data Center: Electric Vehicles for Consumers · afdc.energy.gov
- GAO-25-106972, FEDERAL VEHICLE FLEET: Efforts are Underway to Facilitate the Transitin to Zero Emission Vehicles · files.gao.gov
- Clean vehicle tax credits · irs.gov
- The Tax Credit Exception for Leased Electric Vehicles · everycrsreport.com
- Total cost of ownership of electric and gasoline used vehicles · css.umich.edu
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 United States electric vehicle lease total cost ownership electricity gasoline maintenance insurance depreciation data Department of Energy OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 IRS clean vehicle tax credit changes 2026 electric vehicle lease tax credit current law OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2025 average new car loan interest rate used car loan rate insurance cost electric vehicles gasoline vehicles United States OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 |