The new standards are part of a broad push to get more Americans into electric vehicles, and reduce the environmental cost of driving.

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    5 months ago

    People just don’t like them 🤷‍♂️

    Most of the folks who want an EV and who can live with an EV already have one. It’s not the politicians preventing people from buying.

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      People just don’t like them 🤷‍♂️

      Most of the folks who want an EV and who can live with an EV already have one.

      None of that is true.

      It’s not the politicians preventing people from buying.

      No, they’re just enabling the people who are making it less viable in exchange for bribes.

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        Until range and recharge time can complete with ICE vehicles, EVs will continue to be viable basically in the cities only. The USA is massive.

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        Okay, EV sales are hitting a plateau just as they become competitive and viable with ICE, because people love them. Whatever you say.

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          Okay, EV sales are hitting a plateau

          I’m gonna need a source on that. That sounds extremely unlikely.

          just as they become competitive with ICE

          The technology has been competitive for a decade or more. There’s just more availability and better prices to fill an extremely underserved demand.

          When most people didn’t know that Teslas have the build quality of a 1980s Yugo, their only big problems were that they were too expensive and that they couldn’t keep up with demand.

          Those are still the main issues with EVs but as more automakers have joined the field, both problems are rapidly diminishing at the same time as people become increasingly aware of the fact that our survival as a species depends more than anything else on divesting from fossil fuels as quickly as possible.

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      I’m a car guy, and I’d like to have one. I’m waiting for someone to make one fast and affordable like a tesla only not a tesla because elon is a d-bag. If he gets kicked out of the company, I’ll buy one the next day.

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        What fast and affordable levels are you looking for? I assume we’re talking Tesla dual motor fast and a budget of 55k? What’s wrong with the ionic?

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          You can get used dual motor 3’s for around 15k where I’m at. The tesla is a second quicker in 0 to 60 and the quarter mile, which is a lot faster.