People arguing about the price of gas, but as soon as someone mentions driving an EV they’re “stupid” and woke

  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Not defending them, but if I can’t afford a tank of gas I likely can’t afford a whole new car. Hell I can afford a tank of gas and I still can’t afford a new car.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      For a while, with state and federal rebates, new EVs were ridiculously cheap but a lot of people didn’t realize it. My brother leased a Nissan Leaf for my niece for $100 a month. I realize leasing isn’t for everyone, but $100 a month for a car for a teenager is pretty damn reasonable until she can afford to buy something for herself.

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        1 year ago

        Lots of them on Autotrader when I looked a week ago.

        The problem is, they still want $40k for a used EV.

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        1 year ago

        And then you need to consider how much battery capacity is left, pretty sure that’s a really big cost to replace?

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          1 year ago

          Unless you are buying one with over 200k miles (still likely 90% there), capacity is out something you have to worry too much about.