On: Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in UK

[pjmlp]

Does it still charge as new?

Used cars still take a full fuel tank.

[pornel → pjmlp]

Yes, and it's easy to verify how much of the original capacity remains (95% typically).

The deprecation has very little to do with the cars themselves. It's mainly due to original prices being inflated during covid demand spike + chip shortage followed by releases of decent brand new EVs under £25K.

[bryanlarsen → pjmlp]

Used cars have piston ring wear that reduces their efficiency and thus milage.

[pjmlp → bryanlarsen]

Which can be repaired, even if the whole motor has to be opened.

[timbit42 → pjmlp]

Which costs money...

[pjmlp → timbit42]

Much less than with a second hand EV, possible battery issues, and the whole subscription model.

[bryanlarsen → pjmlp]

A 250,000 mile Tesla battery is less likely to need replacement (3% odds p.a.) than a 250,000 mile Toyota engine (4% odds p.a.). And a Tesla battery is slightly below average reliability compared to other brands and of course a Toyota motor is more reliable than any other brand.