lithium ion batteries have come a long way in a short time! and there are still improvements to be made that can make them cheaper and safer to produce which is great
Absolutely, combustion engines stand no chance. EVs will continue to become even more extremely affordable and efficient way beyond what ICE vehicles will ever be able to achieve.
Used ICE is still the value king and the EU has made sure that every car made in 2026 or later is an absolute privacy nightmare so the only “good” used EVs will be from a narrow range of like 2020-2025 where they were already pretty decent, but didn’t have mandatory cameras yet. There’s a much wider of good ICE vehicles ranging from mid 00s to 2025 that are fairly reliable and cheap to buy used.
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lithium ion batteries have come a long way in a short time! and there are still improvements to be made that can make them cheaper and safer to produce which is great
Absolutely, combustion engines stand no chance. EVs will continue to become even more extremely affordable and efficient way beyond what ICE vehicles will ever be able to achieve.
Used ICE is still the value king and the EU has made sure that every car made in 2026 or later is an absolute privacy nightmare so the only “good” used EVs will be from a narrow range of like 2020-2025 where they were already pretty decent, but didn’t have mandatory cameras yet. There’s a much wider of good ICE vehicles ranging from mid 00s to 2025 that are fairly reliable and cheap to buy used.