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Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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Break even point is currently around 13k miles though it depends on where you live.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/when-do-electric-vehicles-become-cleaner-than-gasoline-cars-2021-06-29/
And that's not even counting the growing market of battery recyclers.
and what kind of vehicle you're replacing. Replacing a small compact ICE with an EV? Probably a longer amount of miles.
Replacing a Ford/GM Mega superduty emotional support truck with an EV? probably much lower.
In much of Southern US, they've got three kinds of vehicles. Massive new shiny trucks, really old gas guzzling reality size trucks, and speed bumps for the first. You can't see out of a compact car as you are always in a valley of truck.
What are they supposed to do? Not drive a truck? They have an office they have to commute to! Think of all the people who would totally make fun of them (read: not care at all).
accurate representation of Southern mentality. The Women want a Truck because they feel unsafe in a little car with massive monsters blasting past at 80MPH and Men want them because they've got very small peepee.
I found this analysis quite interesting:
https://www.carboncounter.com/#!/explore