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[โ€“] Jode@midwest.social 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sure do this. But maybe at the same time see where these western manufacturers are profiting excessively and get that under control too because these electric cars are too damn expensive. At least here in the US they are.

[โ€“] ikidd@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ICE aren't any better. My god, what you can spend on a vehicle these days is insane, and you know it's going to be trash in 5 years.

[โ€“] taladar@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is almost as if the entire concept of owning a vehicle for the 2-3 trips a day most people take is not a very efficient concept.

[โ€“] Mangosniper@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean 2-3 trips per week, right? Maybe with kids it gets one per day or every two days? laughs in 100 percent homeoffice

[โ€“] Nobsi@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cries in suburb america. Multiple trips a day.

[โ€“] ohlaph@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Laughs from psychotic diarrhea.

[โ€“] Nobsi@feddit.de -1 points 1 year ago

Shits and cums in ford focus

[โ€“] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

My 2018 car has absolutely no issues.

[โ€“] tankplanker@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

In the EU they would struggle to significantly cut the purchase price without screwing themselves with their liability with leased cars, particularly those on PCP (which is one of the most common ways to buy a brand new car) as the manufacturers own the liability on that final payment (via their finance arm) not the purchaser. If they cut new prices significantly then older cars will also see a significant drop in resale price, those final payments are already finely balanced.

VW in particular fucked up as they put in a janky in car control system after removing all the buttons, stuck the largest battery behind the expensive high performance motor setup only (more people want range not performance at this point, this was a cheap counter productive cash grab trying to force people to a more expensive model), and was at least a generation behind on the EV side of things for charging and efficiency. Oh, and they killed the cheapest version of the car as well. Now they shut down their EV factory and fire workers, blaming falling industry wide EV sales rather than their own fuck ups, and they have the most to lose from China eating their business from the bottom.