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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strangely it's usually the Takoma Park people with nine-year-old 'sensible' SUVs who object to electric cars the most, claiming they aren't fair to poor people or some nonsense.

We leased a Chevy spark EV for three years for $99/month. I dare you to find a cheaper car.

Do deals like that exist now? No. Does the Chevy spark EV exist? In fact yes, as a used car. And if you look you can buy one for 10k. Funnily enough, that was also the residual price at the end of our lease in 2019. At the time, we would have been underwater buying it for that. [b]That's right, its value has gone up.[/b]

If there were consumer demand, automakers would build affordable electric cars again.

We leased a Nissan leaf too. Same deal. Our same model is still selling for the residual we would have paid six years ago. Leafs are a little funky because their batteries have only air cooling, so there were issues with battery life. These issues have been mostly resolved with the second generation, post 2018, version of cars. Ours is almost four years old at this point and the battery capacity hasn't changed. 150 miles of range. Not enough for you?. I understand. Newer leaf pluses have a range of 220 miles.

Still not enough range? Look to any other car manufacturer. At the moment, your other options have a lot of question marks and wait times but that's true of gas cars as well. I know people who swear by used Teslas... But I've seen the price on those spike like crazy this year and they aren't affordable. My money is on the Nissan Ariya due out in the fall. I realize this is a board full of people who consider themselves socially forward and too refined for Nissan, but they've done right.

Kia and Hyundai offerings also look good. The press in the EV6 is ecstatic. Less so for Ford and Volvo, but I don't know.

And then there's the Chevy Bolt. Hard not to address the elephant in the room about its recall... on the other hand, Chevy is replacing the batteries in every existing one and has resolved the issue that caused a few cars (I think 15?) to catch fire and burn. This is a better track record than many gas models.

Our second electric car is a Bolt. It's a joy to drive. It has 280 miles of range. It can go from 0 to 60 in about six seconds. Maybe five? Fast. It's not perfect. Due to the recall and some experience with GM and their dealers I'm not sure I recommend it. But we haven't taken their buyback, either. And they've offered. We do like the car that much.

But I know. You need that third row of seats. "For the children." Thanks to people like you all the carmakers are now making enormous electric cars that weigh as much as tanks and drive like boats. Since that's all you're used to steering, I doubt you'll notice a difference.

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The value of ALL used cars has gone up.  It's the economy, hun.[/quote]

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