• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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      11 天前

      For a Hyundai Ioniq 1st gen in Canada, insurance is less than $2000 CAD. I don’t have to look it up. I’ve been paying between $1000 and $2000 CAD forever no matter what car I’ve had. I buy an EV i can afford, not the year’s model with more bells and whistles than i care to know about. And I don’t buy gasoline, which save me another $1000 or more.

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          11 天前

          depreciation? did you know that EV’s have a high depreciation, so if budget is a concern, you should be looking at second hand cars instead of of new ones? look it up!

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              Unfortunately that also tells you that in 4 years when you should sell it (before the 8 year powertrain and battery warranty is over), it will have depreciated a ton more.

              I suspect the depreciation rate drops off when that warranty is over, so if you’re not afraid of the battery going, just get one that’s already out of warranty anyway

          • Eternal192@anarchist.nexus
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            11 天前

            Oh my god!

            Hyundai Kona 2021 136 ps, 18900€ and insurance costs around a thousand euros, don’t even know what my electricity bill would look like, if you don’t think that’s a bit expensive then i envy your income.

            My main point will always be that the insurance is too expensive.

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      11 天前

      Counterpoint, id7 is roughly in line with ICE in Germany but you can get thg quota and the rest of the ownership is cheaper

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        No, that’s the base model on that website, the 5 N was listed at 3000€ a year if you clicked on that.

        But the same website lists my old car (Diesel) for ~1400 a year and I paid 600 a year in Estonia. It’s also full coverage + liability, which is only necessary for new cars, you can drop that cost when you’ve paid it off, liability is cheap

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          Wtf is up with insurance in Estonia? I did got some quotes in the £2000 range (and one at £6000) but there are literally hundreds of insurance companies in the UK