Probably because Americans aren't given access to any of the good cheap electric cars that everyone else is getting.
If you told them they could get one for like $15k I bet that number would change REAL fast.
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But what if instead of 15k small sedan/hatch you could have a 50k (base) SUV that looks like a brick and needs twice the battery to go the same distance?
Thanks to Rivian, we already have that covered!
Lol, starting price of around $78k.
I guess I'm keeping my f350 running for another 27 years... give me something I can afford that meets my needs. I hate driving the truck without the trailer but I can't afford a 50k suv that won't even do the job of my truck. Besides I miss the way my last sedan handled and want another, but again I can't justify 40k, but maybe 20k
edit - and just a few hours latter the fuel tank fell off and there isn't enough unrusted metal to reattach it. I don't have time for that much body work so it is gone. :(
I mean you can't get a gas car for $15k either.
Right. EVs are CHEAPER than gas cars everywhere else. That's why they are selling so well.
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New gas cars are 30k and up. Getting a new EV for 40 or a ev used for 25 is totally reasonable.
Now when everyone else on earth is getting them for half that.
Don't let perfect be enemy of good etc.
I tell everyone that a 2 car household needs one electric car. Most families don't have two cars that need to go 300 miles in a day. Most don't have one.
Some could get away with spending 3k for an old one that goes 60 miles but it doesn't matter because they drive 20.
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I just want my next car to not be connected to the internet.
Give me an electric car with the features of a base model 2001 Toyota and I'm gold
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Only two options: buy used or build your own.
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The only reason I wouldn't want an EV now is that they are insanely invasive spying smartphones on wheels. Not that conventional cars are much better. I hope my "next car" isn't a car at all.
You could also be trapped inside while your vehicle is on fire. I want an EV, but the most of the men in my family have gone out via heart attack in our late 60s, I do not want to die trapped inside a car with lithium batteries while I'm slowly incinerated. I want working physical door handles.
Isn't that only Tesla, though? Weird to generalize an entire industry based on the one that has the worst ratings, lowest reliability, and is run by a nazi.
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Plenty of options on the market that aren't Teslas.
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Fuck the 93%. I want a 6k electric car.
I think you can get a nice electric golf cart for that.
I have an EV in Europe and for my next car I'm seriously considering going back to ICE. I really like the car but the charging network is shit. Pretty much none if it accepts card payments, you have to give all your personal info to like 10 different operators to move around. The network looks fine on a map but when you're actually trying to find a charger a lot of them are out of order. You can't trust it so I always look for a backup but this really complicates planning trips and range anxiety is still a thing. If things don't improve in the coming year I will just get a gasoline car and consider EV again some time in the future.
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It’s simple. The old guard of car manufacturers in Germany, USA, and Japan know how to build high profit cars that are differentiated. If they market electric cars, they could lose that advantage, because their electric cars don’t a lot differently than the Chinese ones. If they build great electric cars, they’ll lose that advantage because they’re behind the Chinese in r&d, and their manufacturing an R&D costs are much higher.
Then Trump comes along and eliminates all reason to build EVs for the USA market.
So they spend a lot of effort marketing conventional vehicles. Surprised? Not really.
Many Canadians and USAians also travel hundreds of km on road trips as part of their vacations, driving kids to college, family reunions, thanksgiving, etc., and the charging infrastructure isn’t there even if charge times come way down. Sure, it’s occasional but it’s an oversized consideration in the American mind.
Hank Green made an interesting point in this video.
Essentially, because it's illegal for car manufacturers in the US to sell their own products, it's left to franchises, who make a large portion of their income from ongoing service plans; oil changes and the like. EVs obviously have far fewer of those, so the folks in sales are more likely to push regular petrol models instead.
Until places that are losing customers install electric chargers to charge while you eat. Then they charge for the electricity for profit and become a must stop destination. Range anxiety is an issue, but it gets less so with each iteration and each charger install.
I don't want to use an app with my car. I want a car like I have now, with knobs and only a keyfob required to get in and go. Cars are needlessly invasive.
Okay, but the article is about EVs. The issues you describe exist with both them and internal combustion engine vehicles.
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The selection is slim and the prices are high.
I would prefer public transport, but if I have to get a car.
I would want a station wagon that sits a normal height off the ground, not an SUV. I would like a volt style hybrid, saves a ton on battery weight and covers more than 95% of my driving on a single electric charge, while still allowing for longer drives without the extended wait times at charging stations.
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I don’t love the dashboards being big tablets but if I have to replace my old dude I will probably want something electrically capable. Hopefully next place I live is walkable and I can continue using the car only for car camping and such.
I want an electric truck, but it's range is not realistic. I can carry an extra can deep in the woods. I can get someone to bring me gas if I pushed my luck, not so with an electric.
I can get someone to bring me gas if I pushed my luck, not so with an electric.
You could have someone roll up with a generator if necessary. But be honest, how often do you end up deep in the woods without enough gas to get back to town?
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I just want a horse with an electric motor. Stupid evil carmakers won't make one.
Personally, I'm waiting for the next generation of battery technology which undoubtedly completely blow away this current generation and make them all tank in value.
You can replace battery packs. I plan to drive my current EV for a long long time. Eventually I'll replace the battery but I'm hoping by then there's an easy way to use the old battery in a home system. Reuse beats recycle
No charging stations around middle America and half the country believes in the anti environmentalism pushed by businesses and the GOP
Count me as one of em.
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