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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Then again, the big thing for EVs is battery degradation... depending on past owners' charging and discharging habits, it might very well be like buying used mobile phones. Some have really good battery health a few years on, some are at 75% of their original capacity. Replacing the battery on any EV is no small invoice. Apparently, you're looking at something like $22k USD on a Tesla Model S to replace the battery.
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It's the equivalent of your gas tank shrinking a few liters every year. As a gas car ages, the fuel economy actually tends to get a bit better after you buy it, and marginally might get worse as it ages. But it's likely 1 or 2%, nothing you'd notice.
Also, if your engine or transmission fails on your F150, or Corolla... whatever. You can always pay a mechanic to rebuild it for 3-5k on most cars, or even find a used one out of a salvage car for $1500. These options do not exist on EV's. 95% of the time, an EV involved in an accident requiring salvage, renders the battery questionable at best, a fire hazard at worst.
What's more environmentally friendly? Salvaging a used motor out of a Corolla and repurposing it, or installing a new lithium battery. I guarantee you the carbon footprint of that battery just made that EV way worse on every environmental metric than the Corolla will ever be.