The $25k car is going extinct?

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319 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source

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999900000999 ◴[29 Jun 25 17:00 UTC] No.44414566[source]▶

We don't want affordable Chinese EVs.

That's the answer here. They can build cars better, cheaper, faster than we can.

Instead Ford wants to sell a 80k SUPER F-250 BIG MANN TRUCK. All for what, you to drive 10 minutes to Walmart, buy groceries and drive back.

The best car is the one you don't own. No payments, insurance, parking tickets.

Unfortunately most American cities are centered around driving. So much money , and space wasted on these multi ton metal boxes. In many places most(much) of the city is literally just parking spaces.

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clickety_clack ◴[29 Jun 25 17:32 UTC] No.44414808[source]▶

>>44414566 #

I make pretty good tech money and I can’t imagine spending that much on a car. It would be cheaper to uber everywhere I went.

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1. Gigachad ◴[30 Jun 25 02:12 UTC] No.44418542[source]▶

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I've done the math a few times and it just makes no sense to own a car for me. Public transport is the fastest way to get to work, and for everything else I can uber every time PT isn't the best option and still come out cheaper than buying the most budget new car.

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