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Yeah I know it will barely make a dent. But I think making them just a little tiny bit more attractive is a good thing. Speed up the adoption, cultural acceptance and general acceleration of technology ever so slightly.
What would make it seem more attractive to me, is more safety testing, less consumerism, less ads, less surveillance, less nazis, and less money going to fascists.
Oh I'm explicitly not talking about tesla here. But yes, those are all good points that I agree with.
Giving money to fascists includes Toyota/Lexus/Subaru, Ford/Aston Marton/Lincoln/Land Rover/Mazda, GM/Cadillac/Chevrolet/GMC/, Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche/Lamborghini and the other companies that are either donating to fascists directly or are helping them materially in other ways.
Lower price, too.
Electric cars aren't unattractive because they're electric cars. They're unattractive because they cost 1/4 the cost of my house and come preenshitified with subscriptions. If I could afford an electric car I would get one. Let me know when you see one selling for under $5k.
You can buy a new gas car for $5K?
When did I say new? I still have no idea how anyone who isn't a millionare or more could buy a new car. I'm decently above average income and even the cheapest new cars still cost an impossible amount of money. Yeah loans are a thing but that also confuses me because why would any bank give anyone a +$20,000 loan for a fairly rapidly depreciating asset which could be totaled the next day by a random deer or bad driver. Yeah, insurance is a thing but the cost of insurance on new cars is also inconceivably expensive. Even if you ignore the cost of vehicle itself, how do people even manage to pay the insurance premiums and registration costs? Some people must be buying new cars of course but I genuinely have no idea how or why.
I'm not sure where you live but around here middle class income is enough to buy most used cars except luxury, and if you make concessions in other areas of life a new car is entirely within someone's means. Not mine, but if my situation was slightly different and I didn't have certain financial responsibilities I might be able to afford one. And I make just about the median income around here. I live in a relatively poor neighborhood.
New cars aren't that out of reach with loans for a large portion of people in first world countries. I'm not saying it's a GOOD financial decision, quite the opposite. But it's possible to do.
Polestar exists. Buy used. You can get a great EV for less than 30k regularly and less than 20k depending on your needs and deal shopping.
Those prices are an absolute steal in today’s car market.
Around me,you can buy a Nissan leaf for $4000 without a lot of miles...but this won't last long when people get a clue about EV misinformation.
Damn, I'll have to keep my eyes open for those. Is that in drivable condition or is that the cost if the battery is completely shot? Because I would kill for any functional electric car for that price.
Holy shit that’s great price.
$20k is still more than I can ever imagine spending on a vehicle. The most expensive vehicle I ever bought was $3k and I really had to think on that one. Until there are +20 year old used electric vehicles for sale, they aren't an option for me. Unfortunately it also looks like they are being built like every other piece of tech and designed to be tossed out every few years so I don't know that +20 year old electric vehicles will ever really exist. Not that new gas engine cars are any different in that way either of course.
I'm referring to the market of people who can already afford one, but choose not to because of various reasons like range, charging speed, politics, charging availability, etc. I never said the only reason they're unattractive is anything specific. But anything that helps them get in the mainstream consciousness will eventually help things like mass production, research, and market share, which will also help price and overall technology improvement speed. $5k electric cars may come in the future but nothing relating to ethanol in gas will directly cause those to appear and before that happens EVs in general need to become more accepted and more adopted.