Rivian CEO issues strong statement about people who purchase gas-powered cars: ‘Sort of like building a horse barn in 1910’::“I don’t think I would have believed it.”

  • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I believe that from his comment (“what are you going to do with that in 10 years”), he was implying buying new cars. I see nothing odd in buying used ICE cars, but I wouldn’t dish out for a new one at this point.

    Now if you buy a used car for 10k now, you’ll probably have a harder time getting value out of it in 10 years vs. EV.

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      1 year ago

      I agree that an EV will probably age better, but, at least in the States, you can get a new ICE car a lot cheaper than a new EV, so there’s still a huge price hurdle. There are still a few ICE cars that are available new for as little as $18k. If you want to jump to a EV with comparable range, even used, you’re probably gonna have to spend more than that.

      So, there are very real affordability considerations.

      Edit: There was a time when you could get an early generation Bolt used for around $17k, but that’s still a hard pill for a lot of people to swallow, paying almost the same for a used, early generation car (many of which were recalled for fire issues) as you could pay for a new car.