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Yes, this is exactly the point. 10 years ago I bought a car for 18k. It served me well and while not the most comfortable thing, there is no equivalent in size
by oaiey 3y ago
Yes, this is exactly the point. 10 years ago I bought a car for 18k. It served me well and while not the most comfortable thing, there is no equivalent in size (5 seats + lots of luggage space) in the EV market for a similar price. Salary averages did not go up by 100% to compare to current 40k-60k prices on offered EV products.
They need to build smaller, less fancy cars with prices for normal people.
- acdha 3y agoThe sub-$30k EVs are very popular here but they’re also reportedly quite hard to buy. My understanding is that we’re basically seeing the hangover of the auto industry mistiming the pandemic – when they misjudged the market & created a chip shortage, they pushed everything into the highest margin SUVs and trucks where their profit rate is twice as high – and the dealers resenting EVs both for personal political reasons and the way an EV locks in lower profits for their service departments.