A recent survey shows not all Canadians are ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle as they have concerns about charging stations, cold weather and battery life.
TBF, I was watching a YouTube video yesterday where he mentionned that there’s actually a decent used EV market now. We bought a used car ˜10 months ago, and EVs were out of the question with autotrader listings in Ontario starting at ˜$40K for any EV in good driving condition. Now you can find some all the way down to ˜$20K.
Now you can find some all the way down to ~$20K
Still that’s like 3-4 times most people’s budgets for cars, if they even have a budget.
There are very few used cars for <$7,500 that aren’t “As-Is” or should be labelled as such. I know the used ICE market has also softened a bit, but not that much.
When we were looking, I was considering a beater since our last car was a '05 Civic I bought with 120K km from a used car dealer for $5K (plus snow tires & rims). Before it was totaled, with an extra 180K km and over a decade of wear, it was worth more than that. EV prices are insane, but ALL car prices are insane.
Now you can find some all the way down to ˜$20K.
That’s gotta be regionally specific, because there are no full electrics, used or otherwise, around here for under $30k.
I just search autotrader for all of Ontario. You can find even cheaper ones below $10K, but they’re old models and probably have very limited range. However, as a second vehicle for around town trips (with daily at home charging), they’d be a pretty good option.
I just search autotrader for all of Ontario.
I’m going to stop you right fucking there.
Fucking Ontarians thinking they’re the whole fucking country again.
Let me guess, when someone tells you their stove has stopped working, you counter with “mine works fine”, don’t you?
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