How much money can you really save by driving an EV in the United States? This analysis breaks down fuel, maintenance, and ownership costs to reveal whether electric vehicles actually deliver meaningful long-term savings compared with gasoline-powered cars.
EVs are better experience in every way, unless you live outside a major population center where charging stations are spotty, deal with freezing weather a lot (some models are better than others in this regard), or you don’t have a place to plug the car in and let it charge overnight.
You might get unlucky with the battery or some esoteric cpu or software bullshit, but that kind of thing is a problem with every car and you can probably get it fixed for free. If the model was discontinued it might be a headache to get it fixed.
Just don’t buy used unless you can test the condition of the battery. Battery’s were a problem on early model nissan leafs due to poor thermal management, but for the most part every EV car battery is lasting way longer than expected and are slow to degrade. If there wasn’t a manufacturing flaw, and the person kept the car charged when not in use, and sensors are saying there’s not faulty cell or something, it’s probably good to go.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
