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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
Another video worth watching. Reviewer is an “every person” sort of persona, not an EV fangirl or EV hater. If I’m correct, her channel is more about investing in real estate. Five years ago she was choosing between buying a 2019 Tesla or a 2017 BMW. She bought the Tesla and is now going back to compare the overall cost of ownership for the Tesla over the five years compared to what it would likely have been if she had bought the BMW. Worth the watch. TCO = purchase price + financing cost + insurance +refueling costs + cost of tire replacement + cost of scheduled maintenance + cost of unexpected repairs.
https://youtu.be/Gree9OG7wi8?si=Sl6hcoqbuSTm2UzO |
The better comparisons are mainstream compacts, and I'll guess might only hold up with their subventing insurance. I'm 9 years into my current salt sacrifice, and my 180k mile total spend is less than her purchase.
Expect the adoption trajectory to lower here, Germany has already seen it:
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/01/ev...were-scrapped/.
Discouraging is ending the ball & chain on combustion products isn't yet on the table:
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/01/to...ons-standards/
The link story doesn't even cover punitive non-CO2 limits. LS engines got good enough to drop EGR and air pumps. "It's over Johnny! (Rambo)" except it's not.
That said, people like the blonde in the video would buy a niche EV. She didn't mention performance. It might be worth putting the next gen Bolt bones in a sleeker car.