• BigTrout75@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    28
    ·
    11 months ago

    I want an EV but the only affordable option is Chevy and somewhat the Nissan Leaf. Every other option is way to expensive. If my current car died, I guess I would buy one of them. But I’m going to drive it into ground or until sometime else affordable comes along.

    • Zeshade@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      57
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      11 months ago

      I think driving your car to the ground is the most environment friendly approach anyway regardless of the type of car you’ll buy next.

      • illi@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        19
        ·
        edit-2
        11 months ago

        On the other hand, I’d assume if the old car is functional, they’d sell it to someone who would then “drive it to the ground” (or sells it to another). It’s environmentally friendly as long as the car is used by someone

        • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          11 months ago

          Yeah. It’s not like the car just disappears if you get another one. I need EVs to enter the used car market so i can actually afford them.

        • Zeshade@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          11 months ago

          But if you buy a newer car you contribute to increasing the demand for new vehicles (indirectly).

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        11 months ago

        With regular electronics you’d have a point.

        But the thing with cars is that there is a giant aftermarket.

        Basically, if someone buys a new one at the top, they sell their used car to someone else, who sells their car to someone else, who sells their car to someone else, … until one old mangled and polluting car at the bottom gets scrapped.