Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km of range

Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km... by sandworm101 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:36PM (#27975181)

>> When those 2 year leases expired many people opted not to purchase the vehicle

THAT is truly wasteful. Using a new product and then tossing it aside when it isn't shiny anymore. It creates a glut of used cars which depreciates all use cars... eventually resulting in many perfectly good vehicles being scrapped before their time = huge carbon emissions. The 'three Rs' start with Reduce and Reuse for a reason.

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Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km... by emodendroket on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:56PM (#27975439)

Why's it any more wasteful than any other kind of used car?

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Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km... by nybble41 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:44PM (#27977392)

I believe the point was that it's more wasteful than continuing to drive a perfectly serviceable older vehicle, not that leasing is inherently any more wasteful than trading in for a new late-model vehicle every year or two.

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Re:Mercedes-Benz teases super-efficient EV with over 1,000km... by emodendroket on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:49PM (#27977446)

Well, in most cases buying out a lease is an unwise financial decision. Encouraging people to lease with subsidies and then driving down the cost of second-hand EVs doesn't seem like a bad way to go if your goal is to spur adoption.

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