Message from @Mereck
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idk where you are but here nah
at least that's local pricing for Zoe vs eNiro
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Starting price for Zoé in France is around 20k
(without any bonus)
Kia e-Niro is more like 35k
So sure it's better, but it's like... not "slightly" more expensive
As for me I was looking into the Leaf
But it's on par with that Kia
And I'm not about to fork that money
Also
this is just
I'm ok with buying second hand
ugh
Zoé second hand is cheap, but Leaf isn't
new gen leaf?
I heard Leaf, even new gen, sadly has pretty serious battery degradation problems
If possible but even previous gen would be fine if it's in the more expensive models
which has to do with the way they're cooling batteries
IIRC Nissan air cools them, where as most other EVs these days do liquid cooling
look up the issue I'm not entirely sure rn
but a 4 or something year old first gen Leaf would have 50% capacity
if only there was a market with aftermarket battery packs already
only then can EVs truly "bloom"
Apparently it's still air cooled on the new models
They just say it's "better prepared"
Not sure what that means
But then I'd probably be using this car for commute and short/medium length travels (< 100km)
if you can buy a 5 year old EV which used to have 300km range on paper (so like 250 realistically)
and put a brand new aftermarket battery pack inside which would raise that to 400km of real range
that would make EVs much more feasible for the average wagecuck
So I'm not that much concerned on battery issues unless it's very severe
well I'd expect the battery issues to become worse if you drive short distances, especially in summer
seeing as there wouldn't be enough air circulation to properly cool them but I'm no genius so what the hell do I know ???
I'd have thought the opposite?
Since longer running time -> more likely to pack more heat
as I said I'm <:brainlet:589104479887032330>
this car genuinely blew me away tho
for being a fucking Kia, even