Labor’s fuel efficiency standards mean all new cars could be EVs by 2035, industry group says
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Experts say Albanese government plan should provide a greater choice of electric cars but Coalition calls savings claims a ‘lie’
    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      31·
      8 months ago

      You say that, but this year or next year EVs are going to be the cheaper option to buy on top of being massively cheaper to run and nicer to drive.

      • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        8 months ago

        Since when ? EVs are incredibly expensive. I can get second hand Suzuki for 10k. Where am I getting an ev at that price ?

        A leaf that does 100km. Useless

        • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
          31·
          8 months ago

          The article is about new cars, so your second hand Suzuki isn’t really relevant.

          Believe it or not, cars first launching this year aren’t available as 10 year old second handers. But they will be in 2035.

          Edit: Australia never really had any electric cars for sale after that first batch of 2012 Leafs other than $100,000 Teslas, so we’ve currently got a big gap in the used market. Mostly because we didn’t have fuel efficiency standards, funnily enough…

          • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            8 months ago

            Well it is. Because it wasn’t that expensive to begin with.

            10 year EVs are still incredibly expensive. Especially considering you can’t really Dona second hand ev. If the battery is 40k to replace. Then nobody is going to waste time with a second hand.

            • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              8 months ago

              Last year the cheapest EV was $48,000. Today you can get an EV for $38,000. Battery prices are falling by 30% per year, you’re going to see $26,000 EVs in just a year or two.

              By 2035, ten year old EVs won’t be expensive. We’ve also got much better batteries today - it’s really only the Leaf that cooks them, 2012 Teslas are doing fine.

              • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                8 months ago

                Haven’t you completely forgotten about inflation? Like 10% inflation over the last few years ?

                Ok so not as bad as I thought. Since 21 you’ve lost 1300 in buying power.

                EVs might be slightly off from current inflation metrics. However if by 2035 society hadn’t collapsed then 26k will still be significantly more than 26k us now.

                I know they are getting cheaper. Of course they will. They were niche and it was a brand spanking new product.

                50 years of research will bring the price down. But that doesn’t help the average buyer now.

                Hopefully by 2035 if we are still kicking. I won’t be buying a car at all. Subscription service to ai driven drones. Bring it on. Sick off sitting on traffic. Wasting my life commuting