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I refuse to buy new and my current car cost me $15kAUD. Which is 10KUSD (ignoring supply chain issues for a while). My previous car was an older generation of t
by 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
I refuse to buy new and my current car cost me $15kAUD. Which is 10KUSD (ignoring supply chain issues for a while). My previous car was an older generation of the same model and lasted over a decade. My current car should too. And upkeep is fairly cheap all things considered.
20K isn’t economy. Half that and make sure the car still runs for over a decade with reasonable maintenance costs.
- andrewinardeer 4y agoNow include the AUD1.80/L fuel costs into the life of that car.
- tenpies 4y agoAnd yet the cost of gas is cheaper than the current electric equivalent in many European locations at this point. See: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63029226 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63029226
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agowhere by cheaper you mean slightly more expensive if you compare to public charging stations that are the vast minority of charged miles, and 9x more expensive than charging at home.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoLast I checked it was a fair bit easier to put up 4 solar panels and an inverter than build your own oil refinery. $1000AU worth of panels, a $200 charge and a $1500 battery will give you 30km or so a day. Pays off in about 4 years vs $1.80/L even with very optimistic fuel economy. if you park at home then the price halves. If you can put the panels where you park that goes down to 1-2 years.
- alvah 4y ago"Now include the AUD1.80/L fuel costs into the life of that car." While remembering, of course, to include AUD0.30-0.60/kwh for charging the EV (or AUD$6-$12/100km for a typical EV).
- admax88qqq 4y ago> I refuse to buy new Then why are you comparing the theoretical _new_ price of an EV with the used price of an ICE?