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Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker::Elon Musk once scoffed at the notion that BYD could compete with his company. Now, the automaker run by billionaire Wang Chuanfu is poised to be the new No. 1 in electric vehicles.

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[-] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

The savings from not buying a new one pays for quite a few trips to the mechanic. New car loses half of its value in just few years so you're guranteed to lose money anyways.

[-] JeffKerman1999@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

My car is quite old, from 2007. I'm spending a lot in preventative maintenance like belts, pumps, fluids etc because I know the first real problem it'll have I'll have to buy something else.

If I could just avoid all that, that would be great.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

That’s fair, but the cars downtime and dealing with a mechanic costs more than just the $$$.

I’ve had a car in and out of the shops for months trying to nail down an over heating issue. What a stress that was. I don’t think I’ll ever consider an ice car again to be honest.

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