> With a gas car, between age and mileage you know a lot about that car. In the EV, people have no clue,” said Helveston. Battery health, he explained, is more linked to how the car was used than its age or mileage
Does the same not apply to gas cars? In a different way obviously but the way any car has been driven in its lifetime affects its long term viability and you don’t have a great insight into it at purchase time.
Maybe it's worse with ICE cars--more parts, many considered wear items, that are difficult to get to to inspect. It could be hard to tell if the seller recently changed the oil and filters after never changing them. Transmission, alternator, etc. could have issues only intermittently.
Should be easy to see HV battery health, charge to 100% and check remaining range reported. Drive unit/other battery issues seem pretty rare and I'm not sure they're correlated with driving behavior, though I could be wrong.
Agreed. Any complex mechanical device like a car can be "ridden rough", regardless of whether it is gas or electric. I feel like with gas cars there are a lot more moving parts to get stessed, while electric it's mostly about how the battery was treated. Having bought multiple used cars, including a used EV, it seems like a wash to me.
Does the same not apply to gas cars? In a different way obviously but the way any car has been driven in its lifetime affects its long term viability and you don’t have a great insight into it at purchase time.