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Gas nears $5. Why aren’t electric vehicles selling in the US?
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I can buy a whole lot of gas at $5/gallon when my car cost <5k. That said, I am looking at a Volt. Seems like the best of both worlds, and the older ones are cheap.
I would caution. I own a Volt and the aftermarket parts availability is practically non-existent where I am. I was only able to drive 30 miles at a time for a long while
Had a 2012 volt for 3-4 years that I bought in 2021. It was a fantastic car in many ways but if anything went wrong it was awful trying to find anyone to work on it and many repairs were obscenely expensive to do at the shop. I ended up resetting a battery module, replacing a radiator, and reattaching a bumper myself, and all three were way more of a pain than they needed to be.