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'Fairly Lazy Explanation’: Rivian's CEO Doesn’t Think Americans Are Anti-EV (insideevs.com)
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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The reason Americans don't buy EVs is because all EVs sold in America are:

  1. More expensive than their ICE equivalents initially
  2. Are made by idiots like GM who make their cars only pre-2023 or for one year in 2026 (seriously GM just make the fucking Bolt)
  3. Nissan.....who just FINALLY got it through their fucking heads that air cooled batteries and Chademo are bad ideas as they're about to go bankrupt
  4. Are Tesla and financially supports the trillionaire neo-nazi.

There are very few basic, cheap EVs on the American market. Tesla is really the only one and most of us refuse to support that prick.

I just bought a used 2023 Bolt EUV a few months ago. Absolutely love the thing. I got it for $15.5k and it still has 5 years of warranty. And GM decided "hey....you know that car you love? We're going to stop making it because it doesn't have the margins our big boi SUV gas guzzlers have. Sorry and fuck you".

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hyundai and KIA are notably missing from your list. Besides the DC converter failures, they're very solid.

Toyota / Subaru make EVs, but in a "fiiiine, if you insist" way, their heart really wasn't into it and it shows.