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Battery life seems to be looking good on modern cars - better than expected by all accounts. I've been looking at the UK second hand market for ~2-3 year old ca
by hgomersall 2y ago
Battery life seems to be looking good on modern cars - better than expected by all accounts. I've been looking at the UK second hand market for ~2-3 year old cars (mostly Autotrader) for Kia Niros, and the hybrid and electric variants are pretty indistinguishable on price, which makes EVs far more attractive. I don't know if this is true for other car types.
- philjohn 2y agoOnly problem with the Niro is that depending on which year you get, it's not possible to get a proper read on how much the battery has degraded with an OBD dongle - something the E-GMP based cars in Kia and Hyundai's lineup allow you to see quite easily. But yes, my car is now almost 2 years old (Kia EV6 AWD GT Line) and so far when its lost around 600Wh of capacity, so less than 1%.
- insane_dreamer 2y agoEV leases are super cheap in the US right now (YMMV). That’s what we’ve done. With the gas savings (we only charge at home at night and we have very low night rates) we’re paying very little for our car. No maintenance so far. When our lease runs out we’ll either buy or lease again.