Thread

Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in UK

66 points · 107 comments · xbmcuser

cmiles8 · 1790590664 · focus · HN ↗
Headline is misleading. Cheaper on per-mile operating costs but typically more expensive to purchase and insure. There’s also a nasty depreciation curve to contend with. Nobody wants a 10 year old Tesla, but a 10 year old well mentioned petrol car still has a ton of life left in it.
It still often ends up a bit cheaper across comparable vehicles but not a slam dunk and nowhere near as good as the headline suggests.
1. pornel · 1790591800 · focus · HN ↗
  10-year old Teslas are great, you just need a sticker "bought before Elon went crazy".
  1. Fire-Dragon-DoL · 1790986798 · focus · HN ↗
    Wasn't the first tesla in like 2017?

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.