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Electric Vehicles

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Electric cars have crossed lifetime cost parity with petrol vehicles across much of Europe. In the used-car market they now have the lowest total cost of ownership.

Newer models even match petrol cars in estimated lifespan, that's something early EVs could not claim.

This study shows that any new electric vehicle sold today will bring financial benefits to its second and third owner. New electric cars registered now will deliver between €262 and €849/year savings for their future second and third owners compared to an equivalent petrol car.

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[–] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What did a new EV cost 6 years ago? Maybe $40k USD?

6 years ago I paid 23k€ for my factory new Ioniq (that I am very happy with and already out 190k km on)

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Damn I think we are getting fucked over on EV prices. I don't know about 6 years ago but now an Ioniq 5 costs $70k NZD for the cheapest model, that's 35k€.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

The original Ioniq was a very different car with a tiny battery. The Ioniq 5 is a significantly improved beast and starts at 46k € where I live (we're a lower income country within the EU so our car prices have been adjusted to be higher than many other EU countries, accordingly).

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's similar to what an Ioniq 5 costs here at the moment as well, but that's also a significantly better car than the classic Ioniq. A better comparison would be the current Hyundai Inster, which is smaller but has similar range