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Here’s why so many US Republicans won’t buy EVs (wapo.st)
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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

an ICE engine car will cost much more than $4k to maintain over the life of a Leaf battery

To maintain??

looks at personal financials

What kind of shitbox cars have you bought? I’m on my 12th year of a 2001 Mazda 626, and a look at the Quicken category for it shows all of $1,834 spent on essential (non-cosmetic) parts beyond fuel, oil, and tyres. And yes, that’s across a dozen years, to the tune of about $152/yr.

Granted, it’s only around 200k on the odometer. But it sees almost daily use.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Just casually dropping fuel oil and tires lol, I mean I guess tires gotta have for both, but come on

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And EVs will be much harder on tyres due to being double to triple the weight, and so will require either much more expensive tyres or more frequent replacement.

The fact remains that 12 years in, I am still financially ahead of any brand-new vehicle, ICE or EV.