Modern vehicles have evolved from mechanical machines into complex networks of processors, sensors, and code.

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        7 hours ago

        He’d still come out ahead by driving his old car and then electrifying it when he can afford it. It’d beat taking on a new car loan or lease.

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        Let’s say you drive 10k miles per year and you’re getting 20mpg that’s 500gal of fuel per year. If gas is $5/ gal that’s $2500 per year. Let’s say I can get a car that gets 40 miles per gallon. Over ten years I’m saving $12k so I’d need to spend less than $12k on a car in order to save money. Idk what the cost of electric is over the cost of gas but I know that I can’t get an electric car for less than $12k that isn’t going to need an expensive battery replacement in the near future.