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This is the big problem with electric cars: Once the powertrain warranty is out, the value of the car is pretty much zero. Gas engines can go 200k miles and can be fixed without a full replacement.
I remember in 2005 the roads were full of Gen 1 Priuses. Then they started to just disappear, and now I doubt anyone has seem one in years. Why? Battery pack blowing out and while you can swap it for a couple of thousand, most people just junked em.
It's a problem.
I think there are quite a few draw backs with electric cars indeed the more I've been thinking about them.
My mid size SUV is coming up as 6 years. Only done 30K. Can probably go for another 6 years without too much bother but I'm not sure you'd want to do that with an electric car.
Only now looking at replacing the original tyres by the way which is pretty excellent.
Again with an electric car you would need to replace them far sooner due to battery weight plus your ride won't be as comfortable.
Why they shove 20-21 inch wheels on a Tesla seems bizarre to me. Just asking for blow outs surely.
The only trouble I have with my own car is having to replace the 12V battery pretty often but it's because of the lack of car usage as I work from home and hardly been going anywhere the last couple of years due to the pandemic. And when I do it's a very short journey. But it's only 100-130 bucks to replace the battery.
I was also surprised to read Teslas still have 12V batteries in addition to the large battery packs as well and have in fact also been problematic for people often not lasting the 3-5 years at all.
I'm glad I found out about that as I thought it would be one worry less when switching to EV but it's not at all.