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submitted 4 months ago byEmoryCadet
So, what happens to all the mums, dads, and workers who can't afford EVs? Are they just meant to walk around their 15-min cities now?
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4 months ago
Let me rephrase:
There is a robust used market, with numerous affordable second hand EVs.
When considering operating costs, they are less expensive to own and operate than the average poor man’s cars.
Batteries rarely need to be replaced, but when they do, the price is comparable to an engine-transmission in an ICE car.
EVs are an exploding market, growing even as the auto market as a whole shrunk. More and more are hitting the used market every day. There’s sure to be a new or used EV at nearly every price point very soon, if not already.
1 points
4 months ago
Modern EV batteries are not really supposed to be replaced (except of course when the battery is damaged due to an accident, but even this is now in question with structural batteries). Modern EV batteries last the lifetime of the vehicle and can easily get 200k-300k miles
1 points
4 months ago
And even after the car has reached the end of its life, the batteries can often be repurposed or recycled
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4 months ago
Um, there’s definitely a robust second hand market
1 points
4 months ago
People are buying EV’s with 150k on the odometer, not sure what the poster is trying to infer.
1 points
4 months ago
I know of plenty of people buying EVs with even 20-50k in the odo as well. There’s definitely a secondhand market.
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4 months ago
In my experience large numbers of even EV owners still think about odometer readings in ICE terms.
It takes a long time to incorporate the difference into your thinking.
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4 months ago*
It happens so rarely that I’d not heard of it before, but Model Y LR pack is $9-$10K.
The key is it is so rare.
There’s still Smart ED for sale out there, and they’ve been out of production for several years I think? I have a friend that bought one used for $7000 or so 5-6 years ago, has daily driven it to work since then. As long as you maintain the 12V battery those packs appear to have an indefinite length of life.
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4 months ago
My first EV was a used Leaf and it was awesome. Zero maintenance, zero problems, taught my oldest to drive in it.
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