• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Depreciation is irrelevant and only brought up by combustion promoters. A car is a tool, not an investment in itself. The only relevant metic is overall yearly cost until the car dies.

    Changing cars every few years, which is where depreciation matters, is an expensive luxury no one actually has to play.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      No it’s valid argument as 2nd hand ev market still basically non existent in majority of the world. Solid state batteries are set to ship next year which will further depreciate all EVs while ICE vehicles have been solved 20 years ago.

      EV brands tend to be less trust worthy too. For example here in Thailand 2nd biggest chinese brand (Neta) just went bankrupt tanking resale value.