Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback

Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by bluGill on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:30PM (#45163940)

Where I live in the us I save $200 per month with ev vs gas. This is replacing a minivan with essentially the same but 10 years newer. Of course my power all tmes fron wind which is cheap

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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by hedora on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:35PM (#45163953)

We’re saving way more than that. Probably the equivalent of $70-90 per “gas tank”. Old car was a late model truck of the same form factor.

The resale values on used EVs are poor because things are improving so fast. The new ones are better and cheaper, which isn’t really the case for ICE models.

The only exceptions are the first few years of Leaf’s, since they ate batteries, and teslas because of the non-removable MAGA bumper stickers.

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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by bluGill on Monday September 08, 2025 @09:11AM (#45167818)

Unfortunately the older EVs don't really have enough range for some of the things I want an older car for (going to camp - I expect to scratch the car so rentals are out)

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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by hedora on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @03:29PM (#45187474)

We had an ICE truck for this purpose for a while. The used long range replacement had a lower MSRP (and we paid less for it), and it’s a better pickup / more capable pickup truck).

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