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Who would want to spend $100k on a car then spend another $500-$1000 to rent a car for long distances? At that point an electric car is pure luxury.
by kylebenzle 3y ago
Who would want to spend $100k on a car then spend another $500-$1000 to rent a car for long distances?
At that point an electric car is pure luxury.
- oatmeal1 3y agoBatteries are a major part of the cost of an electric car. If you spent $100k on an electric car that had a 100 mile range, it must be a Maybach. It would be much more realistic in this scenario for the electric car to be $30k, in which case you can earn interest on the $20k not spent, and have plenty of money to rent a car when you need it.
- acdha 3y agoYour prices are all off by a factor of 3-4 or more. Most Americans would be fine with a sub-$30k EV for daily life and an occasional rental the handful of times they need to pick up large cargo or travel hundreds of miles in a single day with only brief stops. Among other things, that would mean you don’t have to pay more for every other trip you make carrying extra weight for features that you don’t need most of the time. People buy SUVs thinking they’ll go skiing twice a year but they’re paying 2-3 times as much for almost all of their mileage which doesn’t need that ground clearance or 4WD in addition to the 30-50% higher sticker price.