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Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe (electrek.co)
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[–] 25 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Key word is Europe. Because us north-americans are stuck 30 years in the past in terms of transport, but with cars twice as big.

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  • [–] 5 points 17 hours ago

    I'm very happy with my 24 solterra, it's pretty much Toyota, but it's the best performing Subaru I've ever had. A shame there aren't more Americans interested in buying them.

    We had a loaner vehicle for a weekend, the Crosstrek wilderness, and I was talking with the car brained boss about getting the solterra back, I told him I miss the power, he heard "I'm going to miss the power" thinking the internal combustion engine was in any way an improvement to the all electric, I told him besides the engine noise there is nothing the ice does higher numbers in than the all- electric.

    It's half the price of most new cars, and it blows everything but the highest performing cars (and other electric vehicles) out of the water.

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  • [–] 7 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    even Mexico is building affordable vehicles, I'm driving a 20 year old car

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago

    Affordable vehicles are everywhere. The problem is that people want a massive chunk of affordable metal--- and a multi ton electric powered piece of machinery is a bit questionable to expect to be affordable if you still want to pay workers right.

    It's easier to build affordably in countries that have lower costs of paying workers.

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