Source?

I would like an EV.

But I have a 14 year old Honda Fit. Its MPG has not dropped at all over time. It has needed nothing but wear-and-tear maintanance and new spark plug coil things. 190k miles. Gas prices vary, but I have a car already, and it seems at least questionable that it is more environmentally sound that this vehicle remains in use till its true end of life. I am not particularly motivated by money, but I can buy a lot of gas for the cost of a new vehicle, so the cost argument feels weak.

And EVs become expensive bricks in about 10 years time.

Sort of baited you. I drive a Prius. Great, I’ve gone 45 to 35 mpg :)

> MPG drops with the life of a vehicle, and it's not actually clear that behavior is much different from battery range loss...

That's incorrect. Not sure where you heard that.

MPG drops, sure, but it's so little it's hardly worth measuring. My intra-city full-tank range on a previous petrol car I owned went from (when almost new) ~800km to (350000km later) ~780km.

No repairs other than services. The other cars I've owned show no measurable difference in range as wear increased.

> MPG drops with the life of a vehicle

That is not true.

As a fan of older used cars, I would notice. It's not true.