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AshleyGranttoday at 2:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

You can't trade in for a used EV that likely wouldn't cost you anything and would save you money?


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bluGilltoday at 2:44 PM

I just checked 2015 diesel vehicles on my local craigslist (I refuse to use facebook, though I know that is where most cars are these days). A bunch of trucks for $15k-30k, and a few VWs for $15k. So then I search for electric cars from $10k-$15k and found nothing at all! YMMV in your local areas, but you will likely find the same: in the price range of a 11 year old diesel you will find nothing: EVs were still rare niches 11 years ago.

I did find a few eGolfs and leafs for $5k-8k, but in my experience if a car is that cheap there is a reason for that, so I assume they are unacceptable. There is a chance OP has a diesel truck because he needs a truck which in turn means they wouldn't work even new (the F150 lightning perhaps would)

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bix6today at 2:21 PM

No if you actually do the math it’s not worth it.

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