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what country is this? EV prices are lower
This is the US average transaction price. So someone who buys a new $150,000 car will get averaged in, same as someone who buys a new $30,000 car. The weighted average shows what people are actually buying but doesn't say much about what is available. Most new car buyers are less price sensitive (if they were looking to save money, they'd be buying used), and the richest people are overrepresented because they buy new cars more frequently. Someone who buys a new car once every two years will have 5 transactions counted into this metric for every 1 transaction by someone who buys once every ten years.
Well that depends on if they're using mean or median. Both are types of "averages," but a quick skim of the original article doesn't seem to indicate which they're using.
USA is. Bought an EV last year for 19k, today I could buy the newer version used for probably 18k and my vehicle has a trade in value of 16.5k. last year maintenance was the cost of wiper fluid. This year I don't see any maintenance costs. The car is new enough it still has a warranty.
The best part is I charge it at home @8 to 12 cent per KWH. Meaning I pay an average 6 cents per mile, depending on charge time and driving. Plus the electric company is 100 percent solar.
Cheapest new in Australia is the BYD Atto 1, $23,990, followed by the Geely EX2 at $26,490
Only under 25 k€ brand new electric in Finland now seems to be a JAC (never heard) E30X and BYD Dolphin Surf.
Mentions to Citroën e-C3 and Hyundai Inster for being non Chinese at 25ish.
Cheapest new ICE is about 19k, so almost no difference, but still some. Those will be much more ratty models, though.