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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by kingnothing on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:21PM (#27964076)
The average new car price in the US is $37k. A Model 3 is $39k.
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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by omginternets on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:14AM (#27969531)
The mean is going to be skewed to the right by a small number of expensive cars. The median is the correct measure.
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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by ffggvv on Monday July 26, 2021 @03:36PM (#27964298)
that’s tilted up because of rich people. who actually buy cars more often as well.

and of course misses used cars. your average person making 50k isn’t buying a 37k car

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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by kingnothing on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:15PM (#27964818)
There are used EVs on the market.
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