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Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by bryanlarsen on Friday November 03, 2023 @02:35PM (#38132983)
I've got relatives in Norway and Denmark. All the ones in my generation can afford gasoline cars even though they cost ~twice as much. They would drive gasoline cars if electric cars sucked. They don't.
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Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by threemux on Friday November 03, 2023 @02:58PM (#38133346)
Electric cars would have to suck pretty bad for someone to spend twice as much, I'm not sure that anecdote is saying what you seem to think it is.

They might be saying "In an ideal world I'd drive a gas car, but the electric car is good enough where I'd rather not pay double." I don't think the person I was responding to was saying they "sucked", just that they had drawbacks.

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Re:Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working by bryanlarsen on Friday November 03, 2023 @08:49PM (#38136920)
A $25,000 base Civic is a fabulous car yet $50,000 cars are far more popular in the US.
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