Sunshine @lemmy.caM to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYour electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study findselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down121
arrow-up1221arrow-down1external-linkYour electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study findselectrek.coSunshine @lemmy.caM to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squareAlDentelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months ago$23k is more than the cost of my last 2 ICE cars combined!
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoNow you’re comparing used cars to a new car. Or do you buy $11k new cars?
minus-squareAlDentelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoNo, I’m comparing two used cars to the cost of an EV battery replacement. Also, I was generously rounding up the cost of the two cars. My total was actually $12,200. $9k for a 2006 Subaru Forester and $3,200 for a 1992 Miata.
$23k is more than the cost of my last 2 ICE cars combined!
Now you’re comparing used cars to a new car.
Or do you buy $11k new cars?
No, I’m comparing two used cars to the cost of an EV battery replacement. Also, I was generously rounding up the cost of the two cars. My total was actually $12,200. $9k for a 2006 Subaru Forester and $3,200 for a 1992 Miata.