Comments by "Perhaps" (@NoEgg4u) on "Two Bit da Vinci" channel.

  1. Not covered in this video is the wildly expensive cost of replacing your electric car's batteries. All batteries, no matter how high their quality, and no matter how meticulously maintained, eventually will not hold a charge. And before it gets to that point, all of the numbers our host quoted would have to be redrawn, because as the batteries age, their ability to go the distance will diminish. What starts out as 200 miles will become 150 miles, then 100 miles, then 50 miles, and finally will not even start the car. So you go to replace your electric car's batteries. That's when you find out it will cost $15,000 today, and likely much more in 5 to 7 years. The batteries are not the type you can buy at your local service station. The batteries are not what gasoline powered cars use. Rather, the batteries for your electric car are proprietary, and you will be at the mercy of the electric car company's pricing and availability. So the costs that the host quoted are neither factoring in $15,000 over the life of the car's batteries, nor the battery's diminishing driving range. For those that will sell their electric car before their batteries go bad... You will find that your resale value has the cost of battery replacement built in. And it will not matter if you try to find someone that knows nothing about the batteries going bad. Anyone can easily check on how much used electric cars are selling for. So you will get the going market value, which will not be very good if your electric car is 5+ years old. People with electric cars and hybrids eventually lose their gas pump savings as their batteries go bad.
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