We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, Mercedes Says

Re:We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, M... by dawnerd on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:02PM (#30914499)

You can get an ID.4 for under 40k

https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-4.html

Average car price is higher than that

https://www.kbb.com/car-news/average-new-car-price-tops-4700...

So we're kinda already there.

Besides, not like the dealerships are making gas cars cheap - finding a car with a 'local market adjustment' is pretty common. Its been as high as 10k here.

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Re:We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, M... by recuter on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:36PM (#30914737)

Must be all those crypto lambos.

A humble new Honda is $19,000. Incidentally that's also about the average for used cars. People are holding on to their cars longer and longer nowadays, and most don't buy new.

The "avg new car price new huge number" is a meme news story. Markets are wrapped due to supply chain issues from covid, Ukraine war, and inflation.

You should compare apples to apples.

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Re:We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, M... by dawnerd on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @11:52AM (#30920558)

https://mediaroom.kbb.com/2019-06-03-Average-New-Car-Prices-...

Still almost 40k in 2019.

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Re:We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, M... by pnw on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:12PM (#30914565)

Ironically the dealers are charging up to $50k market adjustments on Mercedes new EV.

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Re:We're Not Even Close to EVs Being as Cheap as Gas Cars, M... by encryptluks2 on Monday April 04, 2022 @10:05PM (#30914517)

Ah yes, and then when the best scandal comes out from VW we'll see how else they try to screw over their customers.

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