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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yup it really sucks we don't get good EVs because so far all the legacy automotive companies want to keep on making ridiculous SUVs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think we already have good EVs, variety will increase. Happy owner of a Polestar 2 speaking.

The silly range anxiety is what's fueling larger vehicles at the moment, even though 90% of users could do with smaller capacity smaller EVs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even hybrids are better options than "war may break out at any moment and I need to be ready in my Hell-scape assault" truck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I drive a Prius. Those "rolling coal" assholes blow black smoke at me all the time, I guess because I'm some sort of "woke commie" for getting better gas mileage than they do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Meh I would love some of the more affordable models to hit we need to relax Tariffs to allow for more choice, and more affordable batteries, because the US is trying to manifest a battery industry out of thin air, and the players that have the more innovative products aren't getting funding. I like how the Chinese are able to buy as much car as they can afford with the amount of volume

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CAFE standards are pushing the industry towards large wheelbase vehicles, which are not required to be nearly as efficient as small wheelbase vehicles. It costs money to make a vehicle more fuel efficient, and it costs money for an automaker to put a serious EV program into place (not just "here's one EV that can't compete with Tesla and China, which we will cancel in a year, please buy the SUVs instead").

Turning up that serious EV production requires a long term committment, long term investment, and a willingness to wait beyond the next two quarters for the return on that investment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Or maybe it's a Chick-fil-A. Who can tell anymore?