I think you’re safe getting an EV6 or Ionic5 if you want to fly under the radar.

EV sales have hit a pretty big slump in the US from what I’ve seen. The market has slowed for them.

I think the novelty has worn off, they’ve captured the market that wants to be early adopters, and it’s largely untenable for the vast majority of the geographical US as an only car solution.

Battery tech needs to continue to advance to make charging, range, and long term battery health for the rest of the market to feel comfortable solely relying on them and “investing” in them as a large purchase for a (rapidly) depreciating asset.

The political discussion surrounding EVs is one thing, the other is a significant portion of the market just doesn’t want to buy them.

A rounded egg-like crossover. Groundbreaking.

This would be big, and I wonder what it’d do to the secondary market of EVs.

I think refurbishing and replacing EV batteries are still a grey area, how do you haggle the sale of an EV with 70% battery life and the looming unknown and headlines for deeep deeep 8 figure replacement quotes out there lol

Yup as others have pointed out, battery tech has come a long way, but still has a loooong way to go before “we don’t need to worry about battery health” or the cost of refurbishing/replacing them is a cost incentivized “maintenance” thing.

Batteries degrade over time. It’s what they do.

I see people are already pointing to every reason it could not need a full battery replacement, and blaming dealership lack of support, but that also in itself is a deterrent for early adopters for what it’s worth.

Batteries degrade over time, and it’s not yet cost incentivized to recondition them. Battery tech just isn’t there yet at scale.