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Originally Posted by svandamme
Technically 90000 miles isn't an big milage for a modern car.
Anything over 90000 miles (which is bound to happen with most cars that aren't crashed) and the EV is greener.
So not sure how that argument in the title makes sense?
Nobody said the ROI had to be at 0km of the car's life. That wouldn't be reasonable at all.
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I don't believe it's a matter of that being a lot of miles. I have 180K on one of my vehicles and a few others with over 100K. It's a matter that for the average person, that's nearly 8 years of driving before you see the break even point and the EV becomes the greener option. I don't know how many people keep a car for 8 years. I think we're a rare breed that does.
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Originally Posted by svandamme
the comparison was not per owner, but per car.
Any gains in ecofriendlyness carries forward into the 2nd hand market just the same.
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But if the battery is the primary concern, and the battery requires being replaced once it goes to the next owner, doesn't that begin the cycle again? I honestly don't know how long the batteries last but I know that they aren't a lifetime part.