And that's for a plug-in hybrid, which is a bigger battery than a hybrid but much smaller than an EV. I hope the dealership bought him dinner first.
e: https://backthetruckup.com/30000-invoice-is-real/
So their excuse is the battery is "a dinosaur." It's a 2012, way to stick it to the critics that say EVs are like iphones.
e2: So I did some back of the napkin math. If he'd bought a Chevy Malibu instead he would have, in the absolute worst case, spent $13,000 on gas. Considering his car is so low mileage I'm going to assume he used very little gas and mostly used the battery, so at best he spent $2,000 on electricity. So he spent about $15,000 more originally and then saved $11,000 but then paid $30,000, which to be fair should have totaled the car instead (it's like an iphone after all). $34,000 in the hole, and that's best case; I'm assuming all city miles, only using the battery and cheap electricity. Wow.
And that's for a plug-in hybrid, which is a bigger battery than a hybrid but much smaller than an EV. I hope the dealership bought him dinner first.
e: https://backthetruckup.com/30000-invoice-is-real/
So their excuse is the battery is "a dinosaur." It's a 2012, way to stick it to the critics that say EVs are like iphones.
e2: So I did some back of the napkin math. If he'd bought a Chevy Malibu instead he would have, in the absolute worst case, spent $13,000 on gas. Considering his car is so low mileage I'm going to assume he used very little gas and mostly used the battery, so at best he spent $2,000 on electricity. So he spent about $15,000 more originally and then saved $11,000 but then paid $30,000, which to be fair should have totaled the car instead (it's like an iphone after all). $34,000 in the hole. Wow.
And that's for a plug-in hybrid, which is a bigger battery than a hybrid but much smaller than an EV. I hope the dealership bought him dinner first.
e: https://backthetruckup.com/30000-invoice-is-real/
So their excuse is the battery is "a dinosaur." It's a 2012, way to stick it to the critics that say EVs are like iphones.
e2: So I did some back of the napkin math. If he'd bought a Chevy Malibu instead he would have, in the absolute worst case, spent $13,000. Considering his car is so low mileage I'm going to assume he used very little gas and mostly used the battery, so at best he spent $2,000 on electricity. So he spent about $15,000 more originally and then saved $11,000 but then paid $30,000, which to be fair should have totaled the car instead (it's like an iphone after all). $34,000 in the hole. Wow.
And that's for a plug-in hybrid, which is a bigger battery than a hybrid but much smaller than an EV. I hope the dealership bought him dinner first.
https://backthetruckup.com/30000-invoice-is-real/
So their excuse is the battery is "a dinosaur." It's a 2012, way to stick it to the critics that say EVs are like iphones.
And that's for a plug-in hybrid, which is a bigger battery than a hybrid but much smaller than an EV. I hope the dealership bought him dinner first.