30-12-2023, 02:04 PM
(30-12-2023, 11:12 AM)joe 90 Wrote: Ireckon there is a lot of fat in EVpricing expect a drop after january sales figures come out .$60.000 for even the most basic EV is too much for many people . Me im just buying old falcons or holdens under $3000 & drive them until they clap out a get another as repairs are more than car is worth . Being retired ill never be able to afford an EV.The cheapest new EV currently available in New Zealand is the GWM Ora at $42,990. When you also consider that if driven 1,000km/month and charged at home (which is the case for most owners) the annual 'fuel' cost would be around $500 and being electric the maintenance costs will be next to nothing.
If you're looking at buying secondhand an older Nissan Leaf with around 100km battery range can be had for <$10,000. The cost of charging and maintaining one of these compared to an equivalent fossil fuel car would see it paying for itself in 3-4 years.
The prices of new EVs will continue to fall as new technologies and improvements in economies of scale are in play that will see new EVs being cheaper than equivalent fossil fueled cars within the next year or so. By the end of the decade EVs will become the norm with fossil fueled vehicles rapidly becoming expensive to own museum pieces.