Random EV thoughts.....

Know someone who bought a used EV recently and the dealer who sold it said sales of EVs have fallen off a cliff of late.

Apparently finding it very hard to shift any he has in stock.

prices are very much ‘softening’ in the 2nd hand market as 2-3yo expensive EVs seek people with €30-40k to buy them 2nd hand.

in more broader terms - the mass market EV driver isn’t following the enthusiastic/knowledgable early EV adopters as keenly as expected

Only recently I told a friend that I normally don't take the EV out in heavy rain as there is a bigger chance of being electrocuted by the 400V system. He believed me straight away. There is enormous ignorance out there 😂

Why? Seems very plausible to me🙄

Lifeshine for 350 of your hard earned quids, never have to wash the car again 🥴

True but as soon as you buy the new one it will be used and bettered by something else. I agree though for the most part nearly new EVs are too expensive. Ive been tracking a couple for a few weeks now. Still for sale but no budge on price. We'll see what the next few weeks will bring

I think their point is simply that EVs are iterating far more than ICE cars are at the moment on the important stuff like software and efficiency/range - the big Irish sellers like the ID4 or tesla model 3 both have versions for Jan/Feb delivery which are clearly a much better car underneath.

the four stroke engine has been around for over 100years and mid life refreshes are usually just cosmetic.

indeed the 2020 Fremont model 3 is now a wholly lesser vehicle than the 2024 version will be in almost all areas, and the 2nd hand market hasn’t reflected that at all yet

I think you mean an actual new model,

the upcoming ID4 and model 3 changes are a mid life update, are going to be the same price or maybe cheaper, but are objectively better cars in all key areas.

that has a knock on effect on all existing models, and show how quickly EV technology is evolving

Also nobody will dispute that the facelift Model 3 is a big improvement on the original from 2017. But that has almost nothing to do with any EV related stuff. Simply Tesla making much higher quality builds and using fewer parts, in Germany and China compared to the original made in the USA cars.

In fact it's almost the opposite. Most of the "tech" improvements are in software and the updates are rolled out over the air to existing cars