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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)

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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.

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[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 66 points 8 months ago

I'm in the market for a BEV. Have been for 3 years. The reason I don't have one is:

A. The cars that are large enough for my use case (weekend getaways with kids and or friends) are all super expensive luxury vehicles with poor ratings.

B. Availability. Other than the Mustang Mach-E, nothing is available here (Canada) without a minimum 6 month wait list. (Ioniq 5 is 1 year).

C. Poor reliability and/or features. (See the disaster that is the Chevy Blazer EV).

At this point I'm waiting for the Ioniq 7. Hopefully it will be as well reviewed as it's sister the EV9.

The reason GM and Ford are not selling well is because nobody wants what they're selling. But they're framing it as an general EV issue and not a crap product issue.

The media and those apposed to EVs are buying it of course.

[-] Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 months ago

I'm considering to get a Polestar 2 for many reasons but also because... No waiting time 😉

[-] Celestus@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Picked up a used 2022 Polestar 2 about 6 months ago for nearly half off. No regrets, because it’s an awesome car, and I strongly recommend it

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

What did it cost you?

[-] Celestus@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

US$36k before taxes and doc fees

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Not gonna be able to afford that as a first car but I think that's a reasonable price. Hopefully I'll be able to buy an EV like that after a few years of working. Would be cool if there was an EV I could afford as a first car tho but the used market is probably just not there yet.

[-] Celestus@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Mine is fully equipped, but the base model is approaching the $25k limit for the used EV tax credit, which gets you $4000 off. Depending on your tax situation, that ends up being a ~$20k car. Not quite as cheap as an older Model 3, but give it a few months, and it might be a viable option

[-] tracer_ca@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

Oh yeah, forgot that one. Way too small for me, but a really nice car. If the Polestar 3 wasn't so stupid expensive, I'd love to get that.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

I got a lyric and I love ot

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