• xor
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    9 months ago

    $40k or $51k are actually pretty expensive for a car… i mean, all new cars are insanely expensive nowadays…

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      9 months ago

      Nearest Prius Prime SE 2024 to my house is $34,604.

      Top-hit from Carfax.com.


      I don’t think you’ll find Electric or PHEV at much lower than this in the USA. If you want a cheap daily driver, buy a Chevy Trax or something. ICE is way, way way cheaper still.

      But if you care about electrification, going north of $30k is expected.

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        9 months ago

        there’s a difference between caring about electric and having 30k…

        a lot of people just can’t afford that

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          9 months ago

          Well yeah. I don’t think EVs are for the mass consumer yet. They remain quite expensive and remain unreliable.

          Hybrids, like Toyota Corolla Hybrid, get 50+ mpg and are only $24k. If you can’t afford PHEV or EV, then drop down to the next tier. Hybrids exist for a reason and will have significant emissions saving / carbon emissions reduction compared to a normal car, by simply burning a fraction of the gasoline of a normal car.


          I also don’t believe that we can buy or consumer our way out of this problem. Your actual biggest way to minimize your emissions is to find a bus.

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            9 months ago

            yep, there’s just no way to build cars for everyone without completely destroying the planet…
            we’ve already mostly destroyed it…