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    1. This isn’t just with EVs. Automakers are not interested in creating low-margin vehicles where they could make money on volume. They want high margin vehicles and EVs are no different. This is why in some cases, you can only get certain features if you buy new and/or get some kind of subscription. Given the stuff with the Rivian R2, I’ve got my eyes on a used Hyundai IONIC 5, but apparently there are features that you only get if you buy it new. Otherwise, you have to get some kind of subscription.

      …I’m just going to do without those features.

    2. Snake_Plizken on

      Tesla board should have just kicked out Musk as CEO, after the public Sieg Heils, as a normal company would have. Instead they are showering him in money, and letting him run the brand into the grave, with stupid decisions, like the cyber truck, and his much hated political agenda.

    3. Oregonrider2014 on

      If China ever gets to sell EVs in America its gonna get real competitive real quick.

      Short of government intervention demanding entry level pricing options, I dont see them ever making these actually affordable since short term gains are king :/

    4. prawalgang33 on

      they need to understand that you can’t just mass adopt something which most people can’t even realistically buy and than act surprised

    5. DudeManGuyBr0ski on

      I’m tired of all this subscription bull shit, I canceled all my streaming app, and will not get any upgrades. I’m so tired of paying money for shit with ads. We literally need to boycott all this useless materialistic shit

    6. topherdrives on

      I know there are a lot of parts to this, but GM bringing back the Bolt for *one year* is idiotic. Pull the plug now, or commit to a few years of production.

    7. brianwhite12 on

      How many of the “affordable” EV models could you actually find at a dealer for under $35k?

      GM seems to have gotten the message their 2026 models are a lot cheaper. And, currently, a lot of dealers are dumping stock at $10k or more under msrp just to get rid of them. But, most of last few years this has not been the case.

      The automaker burned a lot of bridges with EVs by only selling highly optioned models and allowing dealers to add a bunch of random charges.

    8. Andovars_Ghost on

      The shame is, Tesla should really be an OEM supplier to other automakers. It should license software, sell battery packs, and help build out charging infrastructure. That’s what it’s good at and could help make both sides more profitable.

    9. Companies jumped too fast and now they’re jumping out too fast. The Toyota the only company that actually got it right so I focusing on hybrid and easing into full EV?

    10. Things get cancelled when people aren’t buying them. Let’s be honest, the mid to lower-middle class isn’t buying vehicles, period. And even if they were, the „affordable“ segment still isn’t that affordable. This sub-group is buying used.
      The poor are getting rid of their cars and finding alternative transit or are keeping what they have running.
      That leaves those that can afford cars, and they can have the best of both worlds – a luxury car that appropriately virtue signals.
      This is market trends, period. Adoption is another matter and there’s enough controversy around that to say that even those in the middle class that are buying new vehicles are buying hybrids and ICE.

    11. Rhoihessewoi on

      I guess the article is mostly about the US market.

      In Europe VW has announced some cars that are even smaller than the ID.3. Chinese carmakers are also selling compact EV cars.

    12. SereneOrbit on

      Doesn’t matter.

      Best choice is to buy Chinese from Canadia in like a year.

    13. We are in the extraction phase of the boomer economy. This is where they just suck the value out of everything to hoard all the wealth. Its why enshittification is everywhere. Its far more profitable in the short term to kill all innovation and just suck up more wealth. They don’t care about the future, because they will be dead.

      Hopefully there will be something left when they are finally gone.

      Everything you hate about this world is caused by late stage Boomer greed.

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