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

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[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 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 27 points 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.

[-] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They're insanely cheap RIGHT NOW. lol

You can get a used 2018-2020 Tesla (or any other brand) for $25k and then $4k back through a tax credit.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

That's not cheap to me, that's a normal price for a new car. My current car cost thousands less than that and is still great.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, but normal new car prices are ridiculous right now.

Apparently the average is 48K! https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/average-price-of-a-new-car/

Yikes, a new subcompact is 23K on average.

[-] moogs@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

But then you'd have to buy a Tesla.

[-] Kage520@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Which is awesome ๐Ÿ˜Ž.

Ceo sucks but he bought a business that makes great cars (once you make sure yours doesn't have the notorious panel gaps).

[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Tesla is the worst electric car because it supports Elon Musk

[-] RavindraNemandi@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 year ago
[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

The stink is hard to wash out.

[-] shitescalates@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Most teslas i see are still 30-40k and there really aren't any other brands besides compliance cars at that age.

[-] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

insanely cheap

I think this comment is "insanely" braindead

Really I thought these were all expired... But if not we may end up going for it this year

[-] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Dude 25k is an insane amount of money for a car and is simply not an option for most people also then you would have to be driving not only a Tesla but a Tesla with an old ass battery

[-] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Median new car price is $46k, so $21k after tax credit for a used car is very doable for many.

[-] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know where your from but I don't know many people buying a new car

[-] ElectricCattleman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are 17 million new cars sold in the US every year. Somebody is buying them.

[-] mononomi@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah not a lot of second hand ev's out there to buy.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 9 points 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.

[-] mononomi@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Damn did not know that, still expensive for sure.

[-] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 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?

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 8 points 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.

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