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Eh, it's Jalopnik, they do a lot of misleading headlines. And at least with the Mach E; anecdotally they're kind of correct in that there's a bunch of Mach E's

Eh, it's Jalopnik, they do a lot of misleading headlines. And at least with the Mach E; anecdotally they're kind of correct in that there's a bunch of Mach E's sitting on the lot. Thing that they're either fully optioned Premium variants or GT variants, so you're talking $82,000 to $90,000 Canadian dollars even before you starting thinking about taxes and other costs. The $55,000 to $70,000 price ranged EV's seem to be selling well enough for the time being.

dangus 3y ago
That was my take about this article: bad EV deals are what are sitting on car lots. EVs are just barely mature enough to have mass appeal, and the worst models don’t have almost any appeal if you ask me. If you have $80-90k you should be buying a BMW iX, not a Ford Mach-E or a Genesis G80. The BZ4X is also not competitive especially without available tax credits. You can snag yourself a Model Y long range for less money. Audi e-tron models have weak range BMW or Mercedes EQ* instead. Volvo C40 should be avoided until the new rear wheel drive revision comes out. The Hummer EV is a completely insane show car and limited run tech demo. The list of “obsolete” EVs goes on and on.
- quantified 3y ago
  Some of really want the Hummer EV, just don't have the $$$ to splash for it. Knock an order of magnitude off the price...
WeylandYutani 3y ago
I follow a radio program about cars. It's funny how the presenters until a few years ago called themselves "petrol heads" and hated EV like everyone did back then. Now that there's an end date for ICE and more and more investment is redirected to EV they have changed their tune. You do not bite the hand that feeds.
- ChainOfFools 3y ago
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ChainOfFools 3y ago
The anecdote about the mach-e makes sense given that the current wave of EV buyer (especially those not looking for a status nameplate) is still going to be, I assume, largely dominated by people whose motivation to consider electric is chiefly practicality, where the trade-off between the downsides of an ice vehile and the downsides of an EV favors the EV over the next 5 or 10 year horizon. They are not the sort of people who are attracted to ev's because they have a bunch of fruity pebble novelties, and scoff at the idea of paying an extra $4000 for 1 inch bigger wheel rims and 4 extra tinny speakers mounted in the kick panels. those buyers are still firmly the customer group that car salesmen derisively call the "grapes" because they're easily squeezed for maximum commission and profit, that are not going to appreciate the advantages (or deal with the changes of habit) that come with an EV so for the extra money they'd rather buy a bunch of luxury trim on a traditional ICE package.

dangus 3y ago

That was my take about this article: bad EV deals are what are sitting on car lots. EVs are just barely mature enough to have mass appeal, and the worst models don’t have almost any appeal if you ask me. If you have $80-90k you should be buying a BMW iX, not a Ford Mach-E or a Genesis G80. The BZ4X is also not competitive especially without available tax credits. You can snag yourself a Model Y long range for less money. Audi e-tron models have weak range BMW or Mercedes EQ* instead. Volvo C40 should be avoided until the new rear wheel drive revision comes out. The Hummer EV is a completely insane show car and limited run tech demo. The list of “obsolete” EVs goes on and on.

quantified 3y ago
Some of really want the Hummer EV, just don't have the $$$ to splash for it. Knock an order of magnitude off the price...

WeylandYutani 3y ago

I follow a radio program about cars. It's funny how the presenters until a few years ago called themselves "petrol heads" and hated EV like everyone did back then. Now that there's an end date for ICE and more and more investment is redirected to EV they have changed their tune. You do not bite the hand that feeds.

ChainOfFools 3y ago
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ChainOfFools 3y ago

The anecdote about the mach-e makes sense given that the current wave of EV buyer (especially those not looking for a status nameplate) is still going to be, I assume, largely dominated by people whose motivation to consider electric is chiefly practicality, where the trade-off between the downsides of an ice vehile and the downsides of an EV favors the EV over the next 5 or 10 year horizon. They are not the sort of people who are attracted to ev's because they have a bunch of fruity pebble novelties, and scoff at the idea of paying an extra $4000 for 1 inch bigger wheel rims and 4 extra tinny speakers mounted in the kick panels. those buyers are still firmly the customer group that car salesmen derisively call the "grapes" because they're easily squeezed for maximum commission and profit, that are not going to appreciate the advantages (or deal with the changes of habit) that come with an EV so for the extra money they'd rather buy a bunch of luxury trim on a traditional ICE package.