**1. Introduction**

This study provides an analysis of both, environmental and total cost of ownership (TCO) estimates for vehicle capabilities identified by user input in a publicly available simulation (available in Supplementary materials). The simulation focuses on capability, not necessarily an existing vehicle type. Located here https://rminator.shinyapps.io/Vehicles/, the simulation was built to address the necessity for publicly-available TCO tools that compare different vehicle types, as well as environmental conditions. The next sections highlight the necessity for this analysis, environmental motivations for vehicle purchases, previous TCO analyses of EVs, consumer decision-making regarding EVs, modeling considerations, and this study's significance, as well as location in the literature.
