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Poor people can’t afford new cars of any kind. What they need are more EV cars getting into the used market. And more mandates for apartments and businesses to
by Tagbert 4y ago
Poor people can’t afford new cars of any kind. What they need are more EV cars getting into the used market. And more mandates for apartments and businesses to provide overnight A/C charging outlets.
- Spivak 4y agoThat only gets you some of the way there. The next hurdle is that a lot of low income housing is street parking only that isn't always reserved for the owner. So this is an awkward situation where we will probably also need residential streets to come with either city paid for charging or a change in zoning so that owners can reserve the spots in front of their house and install chargers.
- Tao3300 4y ago> need residential streets to come with either city paid for charging or a change in zoning so that owners can reserve the spots in front of their house and install chargers Which I'm sure will work great in those neighborhoods.
- cmurf 4y agoCan poor people afford to maintain either hybrid or electric? What's the third party repair market? There is no right to repair a Tesla or anything using that business model.
- KennyBlanken 4y agoWhy don't you google "EV maintenance costs compared to gas cars" and see if you can answer your own question. Also, one luuxury car brand is not relevant to the discussion of "can poor people afford to maintain an EV?"
- 7speter 4y agoExcept at least one car company wants people to only have the option to lease their electric cars and turn them back in at the end of the lease. If this cash grab attempt becomes the trend… https://jalopnik.com/ford-credit-wont-allow-lessees-to-buy-out-its-evs-1849105752 https://jalopnik.com/ford-credit-wont-allow-lessees-to-buy-o...
- ajmurmann 4y agoTo your point: meanwhile I hear that electric scooters and mopeds are super successful in China