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Our car has a relatively low annual mileage. Since we are buying an electric car, I decided to do a little calculation. At 10k km a year, we'll save about €1k on fuel. We plan to keep the car for 10 years like the previous one. That's a total savings of €10k. I will save another €4k minimum on maintenance and repairs. That makes a total difference of €14 on a €24k car, and there is no way we would have gotten a comparable car with an internal combustion engine for €10k.
EVs can be economical even with low mileage. It's just about upfront capital.

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Gerard Braad

it depends a lot on the assumption repairs cost less too. Some brands are terrible and rust quickly, near monthly in repair and almost overall there is battery degradation. Some brands show write-off around the 3 year mark, especially for the battery and this is biggest cost for replacement, often more than a new car. I would not dare to get a second hand EV.
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Jiří Eischmann

@gbraad the battery has a warranty from the car maker for 8 years or 160k which we will not likely exceed. Significant battery degradations are a thing of the past. I read a long survey between second hand car sellers. They all do battery tests and they were surprised how little the batteries were degraded. @RezzaBuh has an almost 3-year-old EV and his battery capacity is at 97%. With our car, we will do slow charging up to 80%.
No, I'm not worried.
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Gerard Braad

battery degradation is still a thing; I am not sure what brand you are considering, but here (where most EVs are made), this is a returning problem. It also depends on how the previous owner has treated the car (and dealt with charging cycle). We have seen degradation below 75% or more here for friends and family of ours, and a full replacement; BYD, Model S, Nissan.

At least if the manufacturer provides a warranty...

And just like asked; what brand?

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@gbraad as I said the battery of our car will have a warranty for another 6 years and 130k km. If it degrades during this time, they will replace it. If it degrades after that, we'll see. The car we're getting has almost 400km range in the city mode. Even if it degrades to 50%, it's fine for us because we rarely drive more than 30 km at once with our second car.
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