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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’ (www.yahoo.com)

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Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::"I don't think I would have believed it."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

10k every 10 years vs ? a new car every 10 years?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For that cost, the owner is likely to just purchase a new car IMO.

There's probably going to be very little interest on the secondhand market for a BEV with most of it's range gone, and a battery replacement due. Most of these may end up being parted out and scrapped, rather than reused like older combustion engine cars are, despite the pollution they produce.

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Ideally, no car.

Realistically, any reliable older used compact car/sedan, that will cost you far less (just maintenance wise, not considering taxes, insurance, fuel etc, since maintenance would be the closest analog to the battery replacement labor and cost IMO) over the same period of time, and will likely keep on getting you from A to B for 10 years and more, with no gradual reduction in range inherent to a BEV, and no environmental issues trying to dispose of a massive lithium battery (unless a bulk grid energy storage firm buys it from you).

They're both rubbish options environmentally speaking IMO, but a used combustion vehicle is far cheaper to obtain and maintain for the end user, and can generally be kept running and sold onwards to others until it's totaled, without any of the many owners needing to worry about replacing a battery.