Volkswagen seeks to counter rivals with budget EV model

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144 points herbertl | 2 comments | 06 Mar 25 00:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.691s | source

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mperham ◴[06 Mar 25 01:01 UTC] No.43274881[source]▶

I’d love to see widespread car sharing with vehicles like these in the US. Suburbs can’t reduce car dependency without tools like car share to bridge the gap until other options improve.

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1. afavour ◴[06 Mar 25 01:17 UTC] No.43275035[source]▶

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I’d love to be proven wrong but I think the only way to reduce car dependency in the suburbs would be to knock them down and start over again. Which won’t happen. So EVs are an environmental positive at least.

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2. bluGill ◴[06 Mar 25 02:31 UTC] No.43275709[source]▶

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Suburbs have the density to support great transit. However the low density means they cannot support anything less. If the bus isn't very frequent or it doesn't have a good route where you want to go - cars are cheap enough and no traffic to they are not painful.

great transit is not cheap. It needs $200/month per family. This is less than the family is spending on one car (of 2-3), but still a lot of money (more than any transit agency in the world gets). You can't start smal either because until you have everything right driving is strictly better so nobody will try it. Even if you build it, expect several years for people to try it.

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