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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • Montagge@lemmy.zip
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    12 days ago

    I’ll get an electric when I can get a used one for around $5k and not have to worry about the battery going out and costing $20k.

    I’d love to have one, but I don’t see it happening any time soon unfortunately.

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      12 days ago

      We have a food delivery company in town, and they use electric cars. I got to talk to the owners a few years back, and they were paying around that price. So I suspect it’s getting close to fitting your needs. How far do you drive each day, on average?

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      12 days ago

      I saw a few used VW E Golf listings in my area for $6K. Battery health was at 85%. We’re not as far as you might think.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      12 days ago

      My car has a basically brand-new battery (6 months old) and is currently estimated at 6k or so

      The time is here already my guy

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          12 days ago

          I’ll get an electric when I can get a used one for around $5k and not have to worry about the battery going out and costing $20k.

          The lie detector determined that… Was a lie!

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              12 days ago

              While my sentence could be worded more clearly, that’s a pretty bad reading of what I said.

              My car is valued by KBB at ~6k in it’s current state.

              That current state includes a battery that was replaced under warranty 6 months ago, and is thus basically a brand-new battery, 9 years left on its warranty and everything.

              So if something goes wrong with the battery and it isn’t directly your fault: it gets replaced for free. The only 6k being spent is the original 6k on the car as a whole