Let's say everything goes EV in 3-5 years. This truck would be like a smartphone from 3 years ago, would it have the resale value to justify the regular payments.
I bought a certified used Toyota Highlander Hybrid. 12 month 12,000 mile warranty plus the drivetrain warranty is extended to 7yrs 100,000 miles. 10 year 150,000 factory hybrid battery warranty and now I find out I am not in my right mind.
I will get you a really broad brush for the strokes you are making...@pointillistic,
It won't be EV in 20 years unless the government mandates it. EV only truly works if you own your own home, and despite what you may have heard less than 40% in America own a home. The rest of us are in apartments. The extension cord to the street might be a little long. And we can't afford to hire a security guard to watch over things.
In case you didn't know this electric cars have been around for well over 100 years now, the problem is you can only do so much with batteries and the technology has been basically dead since the 1960's. What they are doing now is playing around with various chemical mixtures and most of it is extremely volatile.
Don't be fooled by all of this, the movers and the shakers don't give a r ats a-- about the environment, it's merely to create a new industry hiding behind global warming to make money. And they only have to sell one vehicle for every 2-4 gas models, which means less labor and less overhead.
As far as you last point who's to say. The batteries start degrading the moment they install them, by year 3 you'll be lucky if you even have 75% charge life left. And they are anywhere from $3k-$5k to replace and who knows how much the electric motor cost to replace.
Like I said the only way EV gets wide adoption in America is if the government forces it on us. But then only 1/4 of the population will be able to afford it. The rest of us will be on public transport sitting next to the crazies and the smellies.
even a much broader brush in guessing age, more importantly nothing to do with the fact that transition to EV is inevitable and much faster than you think.
There will still be plenty of gas vehicles on the road. IMO we are screwed if everything goes all EV. Power goes out, then what?
Could you please clarify the CarMax comment. How does it actually work?
At a certain point, EVs are going to become common enough that property owners are going to start installing charging stations. And it really shouldn't be hard for a company to make them require user authentication so you don't have rando's coming in to steal your power.@pointillistic,
It won't be EV in 20 years unless the government mandates it. EV only truly works if you own your own home, and despite what you may have heard less than 40% in America own a home. The rest of us are in apartments. The extension cord to the street might be a little long. And we can't afford to hire a security guard to watch over things.
I agree with you. Also, with a lease there will be a written requirement that you have a minimum amount of Insurance coverage (usually the Max). On my Jeep lease I had at one point, there were other fees and monthly taxes as well. Leaser beware.
