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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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I'm waiting for a used EV. I've never bought a new vehicle and have no desire to.
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.
EVs have existed for 10+ years now. Plenty of used ones in the market, famously depreciated by now.
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