Comment on Electric cars will be cheaper to make than gas vehicles but with much higher repair and insurance costs

• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The typical number from the industry is 3-7. And realistically, we’re looking at the low end here—sun exposure is the most important factor. It’s a fucking solar car. Maybe if you live in Alaska and park in a garage all the time it could make it to 10 years but if I buy an aptera I would park it in the sun. I don’t want to have to spend thousands redoing this every 3 years.

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  • magiccupcake@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I put down a deposit recently, like last month, but I have a similar outlook. I wanna see how they do after a few years to see how they hold up first. But if they look good and start selling like hotcakes I might be glad I put a deposit down early. Otherwise I’ll cancel and get a Chevy bolt begrudgingly.

    I wanna be optimistic because I do want Aptera to at least push the whole industry towards more repairable efficient and cheep evs.

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    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I hope so but I just feel like disappointment is inevitable in this corporate production model. Even if people set out to do the right thing, the economic system forces people to behave the same ways.

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