Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Only 7% of Americans Want Their Next Car to Be Electric, Survey Finds (gizmodo.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i live in the USA i can only buy cars on the USA market. in the USA market EV is a luxury market. EV drivers are primarily paying 50K+ or more for these cars as a status symbol. Your average school teacher can’t afford an EV, and is buying a used hybrid/ICE car.

Even then there are cars like the Nissan Leaf for 26K. Over 35K there are a lot more options. So EV drivers paying 50K+ is really optional. Even compared to ICE cars it is not that crazy. The cheapest new one still costs over 20K

what goes on in the EU/China whatever is irrelevant, i don’t live there. I also cannot import those vehicles and they’d be illegal to drive here due to our safety and emission standards.

We are talking BEVs here. They do not have emissions. It is also not like EU safety standards are low. In other words that is not the problem.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Used EVs are also incredibly cheap. I basically saved 30k on a MachE GT by letting someone else drive it for 9000 miles.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Used EVs are also incredibly cheap.

Because people buy into the propaganda. Nissan leafs are good in gen 2 or 3, 2018 or newer, and they are $10K or less without much mileage.

Unlike used ICE, no need to worry about transmissions or timing chains, even the brakes last forever because of regen.