[trial3]

the Car and Driver recommended trim level is $25k, and a random google search says 12 years (across all vehicles) is an average ownership period and ~13,700 miles/year. so napkin math and the average is over 250k km for the vehicle lifetime. i suspect toyota is meaningfully higher, but can’t prove it.

at that price, and with those economics, i think a great many people would care

lol i found an uncited figure from a toyota dealership saying the average miles driven is 200k - 250k, which is ~400,000km on the high end https://www.toyotaofclermont.com/research/how-long-do-toyota...

[xbmcuser]

Add $1-2k in fuel savings a year. If you have home solar even more.

[alphabettsy]

Maybe, but somehow I don’t see the majority of people buying a sub $30,000 car having home solar.

[nicoburns]

Most people I know would never even consider buying a new car and pay more like $5k (maybe max $10k), nothing near $30k. But lots of them have home solar. I can see them going for a new EV if EVs are much cheaper than for an equivalent ICE car.