• Lectral@lemmy.ca
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    11 hours ago

    I’m waiting for a used EV. I’ve never bought a new vehicle and have no desire to.

    • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      Here in the UK, I lease our EV. It’s £240 per month and electricity costs £30. Prior to that, I was spending £200 pm on fuel and paying thousands in garage bills to keep my 5-year-old generic family car on the road. The drive is better by an order of magnitude, it’s got insane torque, and I charge at home. I have no skin in the game; the decision for me was purely economical, and the benefits I’ve mentioned are more like a perk.

    • Tja@programming.dev
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      4 hours ago

      EVs have existed for 10+ years now. Plenty of used ones in the market, famously depreciated by now.

    • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I wanted a used one, but I had to buy new

      There are no second-hand models of my car for sale

      People buy them, and then they keep them!

      There wasn’t a single one available second-hand in my state, and the backorders meant that had to wait three months for it to be built and shipped