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I think he's on to something. Lots of young people in the U.S. don't want to drive. They are less motivated than my generation was, because more of their soci
by dkarl 5y ago
I think he's on to something. Lots of young people in the U.S. don't want to drive. They are less motivated than my generation was, because more of their social life can be remote, and cars now carry a lot of stigma as well. Their generation are going to spend a lot less on personally owned automobiles and a lot more on other forms of transportation.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoIt's not that they don't want to drive. Tesla as a brand has plenty of cachet with the Millennial and Gen Z demographics. It's that cars are expensive to obtain and drive. In both and nominal and real dollars, cars and car insurance have gotten expensive (even pre-pandemic) to the point that buying one is no longer a good deal unless you have no other mode of transportation.
- genocidicbunny 5y agoNot to mention that in places like SF they're kind of a liability. Protected parking is expensive, on the street they're likely to get broken into. In some parts of San Jose, you would also just have a hard time finding street parking that's not a half-mile away from your home.