• Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    You didn’t have to be a fiery-eyed climate activist for a long time, just somebody with basic financial literacy, that is able to look at the total cost of ownership of a vehicle.

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      7 hours ago

      Are you sure? Because until fairly recently, the price difference would take the average owner about 10 years worth of charging at home to make up for and at the same time, EVs have depreciated faster than contemporary ICE vehicles.

      If you got an Audi E-Tron or Porsche Taycan when they came out, you got OBLITERATED on depreciation. If you’re buying them used now, deal of a lifetime (though VAG interiors have sucked for like a decade so you’re still paying a lot of money for touchscreen hell). As long as you have someone that can repair õ the batteries and motors if needed, they were a bit, uh, problematic for the early years. And replacement costs are high. But repairs can be affordable.

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        7 hours ago

        You’re trying to give a reference for the average person and then you mention Porsche Taycan, and repairing electrical systems capable of killing a human being…

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        7 hours ago

        If you got an Audi E-Tron or Porsche Taycan when they came out, you got OBLITERATED on depreciation.

        Um, shouldn’t you be talking about Priuses and cars accessible to normal people? Way to scapegoat!