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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 hours ago (9 children)

Many of us don't have the desire or ability to cough up $50,000+ for a badly made piece of shit that does nothing but violate our privacy and contributes to everything we hate about our cities.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

This seems disingenuous. Privacy concerns are valid, but you can get a new car (Ford Maverick) for $25k. The hybrid powertrain would only be $1k more, for an ~40% reduction in fuel consumption

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

You can't get a maverick for 25k now and never have. It also goes up in price for the 25 model year and spans comfortably into the 40k range pre markup.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Plus taxes and registration, which can easily add an extra 10-15% to the cost in many places.

Unlike a couple decsdes ago, the second hand market doesn't really save that much either.

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