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I'm not getting the Slate truck if it's a dime over 20k. Look at EV resale values, the damn thing needs to pay itself off and it can only do that if it's well under 20k. The working class can't afford to take such a huge loss, for reference Teslas lose value at a rate of 8-12k a year. You can get one with over 100k miles for around 10k because no one buys a degraded battery. You have to be able to afford replacing them and their pricepoints just aren't there yet.
There's PHEV which is essentially a multifuel engine if you can get near a 50 mile range on EV alone. Most don't give you 20 miles of range so they're not worth it, they might as well just be a hybrid which is a waste of money. You never save the fuel costs you intend to save by buying it. You'll spend thousands more for the hybrid model, then it devalues at twice the rate of the gas only model. For an efficient gas only car with average gas prices right now, you only spend $1k on gas a year. That's not a huge cost, so you'll lose money with the initial thousands you spend on a hybrid and the thousands you lose in added devaluation due to the battery aging.
The formula for that is:
>10k miles a year, divide by 33mpg average, 303 gallons needed a year, multiply by 3.50 a gallon, equals $1,060 spent on gas a year.
Hybrids were never about cost unless you're stupid and don't actually do the math on purchases. Only get a PHEV if you want a multifuel vehicle for SHTF purposes, otherwise gas only is the most economically viable, and EVs have their place but they're not for poors. You will waste way more money with it or any hybrid/PHEV. We're being forced into buying a luxury for the rich...
