• Soggytoast@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      The money saving is the bait on the hook, but once you change there is no return. It’s just so much better in every way

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      11 months ago

      Can confirm. Was shopping around for cars, and settled on either a 2023 WRX Limited, or a fully loaded 2022 Polestar 2. Both around $37k in the US. Chose the Polestar, and now I don’t have to pay for gas, let alone premium gas

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        11 months ago

        Also I heard that EVs are alot cheaper to maintain, due to rare malfunctions, because so few moving parts in the car.

        It was even a big topic at my local mechanic because they didn’t earn any money on EVs.

        Sounds amazing for consumers.

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          11 months ago

          Can your local mechanic even service EVs? The parts that are different, I mean. Obviously they can all do tires and the like.

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            11 months ago

            My local mechanic can service 2 different car brands, so he can’t service them all. And he services those two brands both on ICE and EV.

            But he says that 95% of the things he fixes on traditional cars, is not even present in EVs. EVs just require fewer parts to work, therefore almost no parts that can break.