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Carmakers are failing to deliver affordable electric cars, holding back EV adoption | Disproportionate focus of manufacturers on large SUVs and premium models means we have too few mass-market cars. (www.transportenvironment.org)

submitted 9 months ago by DeadWorld@lemm.ee to c/brainworms@lemm.ee

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[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 50 points 9 months ago (5 children)

One problem is I don't trust the asshole drivers around me to not damage my expensive vehicle. The other problem is that I don't have $800/m to throw away on a vehicle that loses that much in value every month.

I don't need all of these fancy features. I need a basic bitch car that gets me from point a to point b and has enough trunk space for groceries.

[–] polygon6121@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Thank you for putting the word on my mind down. This is exactly what I want also. No bullshit smarts and apps, just a simple car with the basics

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

They’re coming, and in some places of the world are already there. China is absolutely pumping out massive volumes of affordable EVs, and are exporting them to SE Asia, and Europe.

MG, BYD and Ora are the first few brands that come to mind. The quality may not be to the highest standards, but they’re no slouches either.

Chinese made cars were absolute jokes 10-15 years ago, but due to the way the CCP forced brands to manufacture cars in China - they’ve been able to improve their own designs around twice as fast as Hyundai/Kia did: Remember how God-aweful those cars were in the 90s? Now look at something like the Ioniq 5.

If you don’t believe me, fair enough - but also consider that Volvo/Polestar have been majority Chinese-owned for a while now, and make some really good semi-luxury cars.

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

This is the reason I still keep my old car around. 20 years old and it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles but made it very easy to maintain. The alternator died once and the car can still run normally without a battery powering it.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I have two cars and both those payments combined are under $500. I’m not paying $800 a month for one damn car.

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 5 points 9 months ago

Right?! I pay $380 a month for my car, a very comfortable and efficient Kia Forte. Sometimes I take a look at other cars that are around $30k, only $5k more than I paid for the Kia, and somehow the car payments are $600 a month! Not even sort of worth it

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

That’s not even including car insurance which has been skyrocketing everywhere

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca -2 points 9 months ago

So what you're saying is you won't buy any new car, EV or not. What is the point of your comment?