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The withering dream of a cheap American electric car

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152 points voisin | 8 comments | 17 Nov 24 23:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source | bottom
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latentcall ◴[18 Nov 24 16:08 UTC] No.42173727[source]▶
I would love a 10-15K BYD. I was told recently desiring a BYD is un-American when I can spend 3 times the price on a Tesla. No thanks! I’ll hold out for something truly cheap. Cars in America are insanely priced.
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solardev ◴[18 Nov 24 16:34 UTC] No.42174041[source]▶
Half of America doesn't want to support the incoming administration either, and Musk has decided to closely and personally align himself with it. I wonder if that will affect Tesla sales.
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dec0dedab0de ◴[18 Nov 24 16:39 UTC] No.42174084[source]▶
I kinda think the whole thing is just Elon tricking republicans into buying electric cars.
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1. klooney ◴[18 Nov 24 17:07 UTC] No.42174421[source]▶
Which is good, we don't want electric cars to become a culture war issue
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2. pstuart ◴[18 Nov 24 17:14 UTC] No.42174514[source]▶
> we don't want electric cars to become a culture war issue

Too late. I'm happy to be proven wrong at some point.

3. datavirtue ◴[18 Nov 24 17:24 UTC] No.42174629[source]▶
Have you ever gotten behind a diesel truck with emissions deleted? I have...a lot. The roll coal crowd doesn't have EV on their radar whatsoever.
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4. bluGill ◴[18 Nov 24 18:28 UTC] No.42175359[source]▶
That isn't quite true. They are aware of EV trucks - they won't buy one of course, but they are aware. They spread stories about those trucks not having any useful range (which is true - when pulling a trailer or driving well over the speed limit the EVs lose range) Those diesel trucks they drive get 600 miles unloaded.
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5. grecy ◴[19 Nov 24 10:52 UTC] No.42182072[source]▶
Which is fine. Deleted trucks are already illegal, and soon enough you won’t be able to buy a new ICE vehicle. They will be gone in my lifetime.
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6. klooney ◴[19 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42184050{3}[source]▶
I think the Cybertruck has a lot of crossover appeal.
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7. datavirtue ◴[20 Nov 24 15:57 UTC] No.42195083{4}[source]▶
Aside from being useless? That truck is a toy, nothing more. You better have a backup vehicle.
8. datavirtue ◴[20 Nov 24 21:31 UTC] No.42198322{3}[source]▶
America just overwhelmingly voted to go back in time.