Nissan leaf… IS FIFTY GRAND?! +custom charger +shit range… yeah I’ll keep my 10yr old dino burning corolla mate.
Seems like it starts at $28k before tax credits? Base model of course, but still…
https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/electric-cars/leaf.html
Edit: Also, not to say that’s cheap by any means, but in line with other inflated gas auto prices.
In the US maybe.
In Europe you can get an ICE car for the equivalent of about 12k USD. Which is considerably better than what most EVs are going for.
Do you mean used or new(granted, I don’t know new car prices) but you can get working used ICE cars for under $1000 in the US.
Well I’m comparing like for like, so new for new.
There’s no point talking about second-hand EVs because they basically don’t drop in price. This is because they don’t really wear out they only have about 12 moving parts or something so nothing really can go wrong (unless it’s a Tesla obviously).
The trouble with that is they never go down in price, they’re always expensive. It comes to something when a second-hand EV costs more than a brand new ICE. It’s especially annoying because I will be in the market for a new car in maybe a year, I love for it to be an EV but I don’t have that kind of money. Just to be clear here, I’m not exactly living paycheck to paycheck and I’m fairly well off, and even I can’t afford an EV.
Unless various governments around the world start subsidising them I don’t see how we’re going to progress.
What’s going to happen is that gasoline will become increasingly expensive as oil becomes increasingly scarce, and eventually only the wealthy will be able to afford private vehicles. Assuming we get that far.
Or, ya know, invest in battery tech so it’s more convenient to charge cars and push for gas stations and parking lots to all have chargers.
or make the battery replaceable
Best thing for consumers and environmental would be conversion. We already have the cars. I like my 2003 Golf. I won’t be getting rid of it until I need to.
Why replace 8 billion cars when we can convert them. Yeah they won’t be nearly as efficient but it’s a stop gap between scrapping that many cars. Also I can’t afford a new ev. I need a small run around with 259 miles.
I have had a handful of that generation golf over the years that I have modified. It would be absurdly simple to drop an electric motor into that thing if the right kit existed.
