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Im all for getting off oil, but getting off it onto rare earth minerals is not green. EVs have a life span of less then 10yrs, they often blow up catastropical
by weq 4y ago
Im all for getting off oil, but getting off it onto rare earth minerals is not green.
EVs have a life span of less then 10yrs, they often blow up catastropically, they rely one rare earth minerals to be built and run, they are very hard and expensive to fix, and they are charged via fossil fuels the majority of the time; they are not saving the planet of anything. They are marketing! Green is worth big money.
- thenewwazoo 4y ago> EVs have a lifespan of less then (sic) 10yrs This is demonstrably false, as the Model S alone was first released in 2012 and still has a KBB value estimate of over $20,000 for a 100k mi very good condition example.
- MisterMower 4y agoNow do one with 200k miles and needs a new battery.
- MerelyMortal 4y ago10,000 miles/year is not realistic in many (most?) parts of the country. It's 13,476 for everyone. This link breaks it down by age and sex: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm
- throwaway0a5e 4y ago>This is demonstrably false, as the Model S alone was first released in 2012 and still has a KBB value estimate of over $20,000 for a 100k mi very good condition example. I agree EVs can easily last as long as any other car so long as you're willing to do a battery once but KBB value doesn't mean squat other than as a measure of original purchase price vs how hard the owners drove them into the ground. Considering who buys Teslas and how they get treated they had better hold their value or something is seriously wrong.
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