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Re:Tesla used car price bubble pops, weighs on new car demand by LarryMullins on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:24PM (#34175084)
> Will his politics draw in people on the other side who were previously skeptical of EV's?

Not a snowball's chance in hell. The hangup most people have with EVs is the price and the uncertainty that the car would sustain their lifestyle (which is particularly a concern for people living outside of cities.) It was never "EV car execs are insufficiently conservative."

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Re:Tesla used car price bubble pops, weighs on new car demand by kodah on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:29PM (#34175165)
I agree. I had a hybrid, ended up buying a Tacoma with plans to buy an EV in the future when there's more value per dollar in them. I'll probably continue to own both as I have use for a truck. There's a lot of unanswered questions about what to do with aging batteries, towing capacity is awful, and road trips in EVs are hairy. I've always viewed them as a rich city person's luxury toy.
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