• Bye@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Electric cars sound great, it just sucks that they are all luxury vehicles right now. Like there’s no $3000 used electric car out there for regular people to buy. Hell there isn’t even a new $20k electric car.

    Most people won’t do mass transit because they’ve been socialized to see it as gross. And it is gross. In my town there are always crazy people riding the bus harassing the driver because they are lonely, and the bus smells like pee. And the bus never gets you there faster than a car, so why ever ride it.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      I do think the “used cars not around” criticism is a little silly. Cars have to be new before they’re used, and used cars will come down the pike eventually.

      More availability on the cheaper end would be nice. Tesla really missed the boat on that, I think, focusing on the Cybertruck instead of working on a light vehicle for the Asian, European, and Indian markets. As a result, BYD may eat their lunch.