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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Shout out to every "EVs are bad actually" person for being a dumbass who can't sort out their priorities.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Why mine minerals when you can mínu coal and drill for gas and oil ability?

[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, EVs in general aren't a bad idea. But, to my knowledge, they have a lot of problems that no one is even getting close to solving on a global basis. There's recycling of and mining for components, preferably in a sustainable way and without child workers. Also, EVs are still expensive as fuck compared to ICE vehicles, especially on the used market. And if you're buying used, then the battery doesn't even have full capacity anymore. And even IF you can get it switched by a mechanic (if you can even find one willing to do that), that is just even more money you have to spend upfront.

Granted, most of that might change over time, but for most people atm it's just not feasible to buy an EV.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
  • there are companies claiming they can recycle car batteries, but there aren’t enough old batteries yet
  • yesterday someone posted an article about a car model with identical price between gasoline version and battery version
  • globally there are cheap EVs
  • used EV prices have tanked in the last two years. They may be comparable to similar gasoline cars now. However if you’re looking for cheap, there are no older ones yet.