Should You Buy an Electric Car?(online.wsj.com)
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Should You Buy an Electric Car?
http://online.wsj.com/articles/should-you-buy-an-electric-car-1416777176
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You can't get a cheap used Civic because its a sellers market. 3 yr old civics cost as much as new. Dealers aggressively try to buy back Civics they sell.
A quick search on my local classifieds section shows a 2006 for $6,000, and a 2008 for $10,000, all the way to a 2011 (with rebuilt title) for $7,500 and everything in between. Used cars are almost always a better choice.
What a refreshing journalistic style. Mostly just the plain quotes from people.
Also they mention 18% loss of battery pack capacity in only 2 years. It seems like someone might want to buy a new battery pack after 5 years and I wonder how much that would cost. I really want to buy an electric car, but they just don't make sense to me yet.