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Source (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/business/used-electric-vehciles.html

From the post:

>New electric vehicles cost thousands more than similar models that run on gasoline. But a growing number of shoppers are discovering that for used cars, often the opposite is true. Used battery-powered vehicles often sell for less than comparable cars with internal combustion engines, making them a good deal even before calculating savings in maintenance costs and fuel. That is expanding the number of people who can afford to buy such models.

Source (paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/business/used-electric-vehciles.html From the post: >>New electric vehicles cost thousands more than similar models that run on gasoline. But a growing number of shoppers are discovering that for used cars, often the opposite is true. Used battery-powered vehicles often sell for less than comparable cars with internal combustion engines, making them a good deal even before calculating savings in maintenance costs and fuel. That is expanding the number of people who can afford to buy such models.

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The "savings" won't be worth shit when those batteries go, and a replacement battery costs more than an entire new vehicle.

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Yeah, you really have to treat them as disposable. It's only good until the batteries start going out then you "throw it away".

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until they make you PAY to dispose them

WILL happen

disposing an electric vehicle is the other half of the job of building it

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I've seen Nissan Leafs going for under 8k on used lots.

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Waiting for used car lot insurance companies to step in on the amount of EV inventory and fire prevention requirements.