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The cheapest ICE Dacia is 12000€. I suspect you are comparing a new car price vs a used car price, which is quite unfair.

You can get a used Dacia or a used Zoe for a bit under 10000€, which has probably less km than your car (see this one zoomcar.fr/dacia-spring-business-2020-33479218.ht…, or the numerous Zoe). Now granted these are not great cars: but it is hard to compare a 5-10 year-old ICE with an electric, simply because the electric used market is still small as these cars are new.

Now you raise a valid point on the chargers. But this is coming and that’s why no one (almost no one, I’m sure there are lunatics somewhere) wants to ban ICE right away. You ban new ones in 7 years, and this means that in 17 years a good majority of the cars will be electric. Chargers are quite quick to install, especially low power ones. There are many companies focusing on street light charging and as the number of electric cars grow, public chargers will become more available with a denser network. It’s really a chicken and egg problem - they won’t install massive amounts of chargers for them to stay unused.

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glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
10 000 € for a new car, not a used one.

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- hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Lol, wouldn’t 120km be a weeks worth of driving if you only spend 25 euros on petrol per week on average?
  
  You seem to be looking at reasons why they wouldnt work for you and keep changing your rationale when shown to be wrong.
  
  That tells me you’ve made your mind up on electric vehicles, not based on facts, but on emotion. Be prepared to get left behind. Your ice vehicle will cost more over time as there is less parts, less mechanics and the fuel cost continues to rise.
  
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  - glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Those numbers do not reflect any kind of reality and feels like science fiction to me. I’m looking at reasons to change, and so far, I just can’t physically and financially get an EV.
    
    Once they sell a cheap and small EV with a real battery, I will change.
    
    cost more over time
    
    I wish hipsters understood that there is no “over time” for poor people.
    
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    hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Hipsters, lol. You mean people. I dont own a car. I’ve owned one in my entire life. You only “need” one if you get into habits or a lifestyle that needs one. I suppose that makes me a hipster.
    
    If I go somewhere public transport doesn’t go, I get a taxi or Uber, or rent a car for an hour or weekend or week. I’m still way better off with less money down.
    
    So, yes, I know the cost and oppurtunity cost. My point is first you said cost up front, then you changed to range, then you changed to long term cost, then back to short term.
    
    If you wanted an electric car and knew it would save you long term, you’d make it work, just like you make a car that is thousands of euros work now. Instead, you’re spreading misinformation and pretending it’s by necessity.
    
    I raised the cost as that was ftom your figures of 10 years petrol. That would equate to approx 123km per week at an average car distance per litee at current French petrol costs.
    
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