https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQz4aQjtY0&feature=youtu.be
Maybe not too surprising on this one. I hear the range on these are not great especially if you drive them spiritedly. And given it’s a first gen product on a new tech, no one really knows what these will be worth 5 - 10 years from now.
Electric cars are just appliances. In 5 years, you’d still be able to use it, but it would be like using a 5 year old phone.
No, it is not like using a 5 year old phone at all. Phones do not have active thermal management, the battery on a 5 year old EV is more like the battery on a 6 month old phone. It takes 10 years for the battery to degrade as much % as a 2 year old phone.
If it’s about electronics and software, then every new car (EV, gas, or diesel) is going to have the exact same issue.
A 6-year-old 2018 Tesla Model 3 is pretty much just as good of a car as a modern one so don’t really see your point there. Heck, even my 10-year-old Renault Zoe is great, if it had had a larger battery from the factory closer to what was offered on the base Model S it would’ve had very few limitations still.