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minus-squarejust_another_personlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down8·3 months agoThey don’t have the only affordable EVs, they have the CHEAPEST. There’s a big difference.
minus-squareSoftTeethlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoI know it’s hard to imagine what it’s like, but when somebody is poor then “cheapest” = “only” I can afford chinese EVs that go for 10-12k I can’t afford a 35-60k tesla, or would buy one on principal. That’s why this slows the world’s transition to EVs.
They don’t have the only affordable EVs, they have the CHEAPEST. There’s a big difference.
I know it’s hard to imagine what it’s like, but when somebody is poor then “cheapest” = “only”
I can afford chinese EVs that go for 10-12k
I can’t afford a 35-60k tesla, or would buy one on principal.
That’s why this slows the world’s transition to EVs.