> As pointed out by InsideEVs, investment consulting firm ICF claims that the federal EV fleet was going to cost $6 billion less than a conventional combustion fleet over the lives of the vehicles.
Rental car companies ended up selling teslas for under $25K back when that was unusually low for an EV.
These days, a decent used EV costs less than that, so I imagine the government will have to dump whatever model they have 25K of for $20k or less. That’s probably still more than 25% msrp, but not by much.
I'm thinking they might sell/license the rights (not sure if that's the right phrasing) to these charging stations along with the maintenance/repair costs to a private company. If they spend $100M to decommission them, I will be very surprised.
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 50.1 ms ] thread> As pointed out by InsideEVs, investment consulting firm ICF claims that the federal EV fleet was going to cost $6 billion less than a conventional combustion fleet over the lives of the vehicles.
Culture war garbage over actual governance.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-28/doge-gove... | https://archive.today/Dp4sR
This does not seem likely as even by adding this many cars to the market, there’s no way they would sell at 25% of value unless there’s shenanigans.
This whole situation is dumb, but 25% of original value doesn't make much sense.
These days, a decent used EV costs less than that, so I imagine the government will have to dump whatever model they have 25K of for $20k or less. That’s probably still more than 25% msrp, but not by much.
I’ve been looking for low price teslas and haven’t found a drop yet. But I hope it comes soon.
As it is not, this journalist does not have credibility with me.
agree.
and how does decommissioning 2200 chargers cost $50M - $100M? that's $22K - $44K each.
you turn the breaker off. you don't need to rip the chargers out.
regardless of whether or not you think it's a good idea, breathlessly inflating it to "might be" a billion dollars does not convince me more.
Buying up gasoline vehicles and buying fossil fuel for them will cost money. But I don't think that'll be a billion dollars.
From https://www.kbb.com/car-news/america-set-ev-sales-record-in-... "Americans bought 1.3 million electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024,"
Would 25.000 cars, 2%, really flow the market? I couldn't find number of used EV sales.
Things like transportation, paperwork, storage, and depreciation add up to real numbers.