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Originally Posted by GearRex
Lease, lease, lease. NEVER buy an electric car.
The battery technology will improve, and we have a long way to go until it matures. Every new generation will be better than the last, making the new ones more desirable, and for those who bought their cars, the used car values will tank every time, and no one will want to buy used ones as long as new ones are being subsidized, and the tech is much improved.
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Well, buying an EV has advantages even though technology will improve. You could argue the same thing for ICE where gas mileage and performance improves.
I leased a Fiat 500e then a Chevy Bolt; both for my daughter. The latest Bolt we bought because the purchase price was better than buying the previous car off lease.
Battery technology has not changed in the last 8 years or so. Or at least not dramatically. We are all on the edge of our seats waiting for solid state battery anode issues to be resolved.
Even if they announce a fix in a laboratory; it's 4-6 years for commercialization and scaling for volume.
So that will be more than a decade with roughly the same battery tech.
My i4 isn't going to stop being a decent car when technology changes.
As someone working in the technology sector for 35+ years; if you wait for the next innovation, you will never stop waiting.
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I always thought the concern was every current lithium ion battery tech has a fixed shelf life and the cost to replace would be way more than the car is worth. Curious how many 10+ year old i4's we'll see still going in the future.