Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable
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More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
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Again, not true.
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a31875141/electric-car-battery-life/
If the battery is at less than 70% at 8 years, they'll replace it free. My 10 year old Volt is still doing close enough to what it was new that I can't tell the difference. It's not like the battery just goes poof and turns into smoke after 10 years.
A tiny roadster from the 50s is what, an MG, Fiat, maybe a Triumph? Any one of them are probably spending more time getting repaired than actually driving.
Keeping a car from the 50s running today isn't just tightening a bolt here and there anymore. Even sourcing the parts is likely going to be non-trivial at this point.