Increase in Anti-EV Media Articles

How any of these EV where hybrids with like 0.5km of range on a battery. Very likely they hit people while on the ICE.

Ok, sorry I misread what you posed.

Basically manufacturers, should have easy to repair batteries not glued sealed as some are. But this is like the right to repair the EU are fighting people like Apple on. It's a version of forced obsolescence.

Pros and cons.

I think the issues is the 8yr warranty isn't enough on such an expensive component. Making it repair easier reduces the economic cost of repairs.

Oh I agree.

Unfortunately since they've let the FUD go unchecked. I don't see how they are going to fix that perception without doing something to reassure the consumer.

If you think telling people your going to seal their batteries so that in the unlucky event (low %) of a problem after 8 yrs time it will make the EV unviable to repair is going to fix the public's fears of used batteries, and thus the trade in values of new EVs and thus sales of new EVs I think you're mistaken.

Short warranty made sense on ICE maybe. Less so on EVs when so much of its value and function (especially used) is tied to one component.

Used prices are directly effecting new prices. And consumer confidence.

I’d say price followed by range followed by lack of consumer confidence around resale values and large bills if something went wrong in the future - ie the unknowns

Range aside, you could be describing a modern diesel there.

No chance this happened, a modern diesel/petrol you don't hear the engine in the majority of cases, its the road noise you hear. Exact same with an electric(I say the majoirty because you can have those stupid exhausts)

I see this been posted all the time and it turns out to be false in most cases.

The issue with electric is at low speed, so when I was backing out of a car spot once someone was talking and didn't notice the car but I had stopped already, they walked into the car. Most of the newer electric now have noise at low speed

What noise would you want on them out of interest? I high pitch beep like they have on trucks when reversing?

We all say there's no certainty in the second hand market yet a quick look at asking prices on donedeal of 3 year old EVs (2021) in Limerick

Audi Etron - 30,900, 39,890,

Leaf 40 - 20,890

Leaf 62 - 26,490

Peugeot e208 - 19,950

MG ZS - 21,950

Kia Niro - 29,900

VW ID4 - 32,000

Tesla Model 3 - 39450 (2022)

Tesla Model Y - 45950 (2023)

The prices aren't auful I'll admit but they're far from the rock bottom bargain basement some make it out to be

Not a lot of private sales in my list. A good few dealers, which raises the other question, are dealers really turning down EV trade-ins or just looking for a quick buck?

But they don't, mine has over 100k km's on it and same range today as it done the first day I drove it from the forecourt.

No idea, just talking about personal experience, the car I had before that didn't lose range either and I had for 2 year I think, then my brother had it for 3 I think

No idea, I just drive the car and charge it :-)

To update, I don't drive slowly, my wife is a lunatic in it, it does the majority of the driving as kids going to sports/school etc and we don't need the 7 seater for most of that. I charge at home, maybe 10 times over its life at a fast charger, that's about it.

Things have gone in it, like a wheel bearing this year like any combustion car but nothign major, it gets serviced/check up by VW as per guidelines