• atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    It is a reason to not buy a new car which means people who aren’t buying new cars won’t be buying EV’s.

    • bluGill@fedia.io
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      5 hours ago

      They won’t be buying new cars in the near future, but their cars will be wearing out and spare parts for old cars always become hard to find. Either they will be spending a large part of their time maintaining the car, including making parts from scratch, or they will forced to buy a new car anyway.

      • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 minutes ago

        Our 10 year-old Highlander still drives like new. It’s our newest vehicle, and one of Toyota’s last generation of vehicles without a cellular connection.