Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you

> “While EVs will be the wave of the future, gas hybrids make more sense now and, for many of us, always will,” writes George Shaeffer, a reader from Clearwater Beach, Fla., who drives a Camry Hybrid. “I don’t see any reason it can’t last until it’s 20 or 30 years old.”

The problem now is if something like only 20% of cars sold in California can be Hybrid after 2035 then the availability of gasoline will also decline as pure EV becomes the norm.

Even if a car can technically last 20 years, in 20 years will there be fuel for it available? What about mechanics that will work on it? What about parts?

These things will become increasingly less available as demand for them go down and ultimately make owning ICEs hybrid or otherwise increasingly more expensive over time to keep.

Alternatively, cost for a pure EV is high and at the moment the biggest cost of it is the battery that won't last 20 years currently. Though in 15 years the cost of replacement batteries will likely go down.

Either way I view buying any car right now a loss since it's impossible to make a reasonable guess for its worth beyond say 3 years from now.