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Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by two_handfuls on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @11:47AM (#42185452)
The EV charges while you sleep. You always start your journey with a full tank.

If you can't do that then, yes, an EV is less convenient than a gas car that is true.

Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by marxisttemp on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:51PM (#42188934)
Home ownership is a distant dream for most Americans, and the sort of rentals that have parking AND EV charging tend to be extremely pricy luxury new-builds.

Gas is unfortunately going to be around for a long, long time for normal working-class Americans.

Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by vel0city on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @07:42PM (#42189675)
Home ownership rate today is pretty similar to what it's been for decades.
Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by marxisttemp on Friday November 22, 2024 @09:46AM (#42214229)
It’s been bad for decades. Nobody can afford housing anymore. Get out of the tech bubble
Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by vel0city on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @05:49PM (#42312518)
I don't necessarily live in a "tech" city, far away from California.

Many people my age own their homes around me. They work in HR, they work in finance, they work in construction, they work as insurance sales.

The median home price for a lot areas around me is ~$500k. Meaning there's also a lot of homes <$500k. And I'm in one of the largest metro areas in the country with a bus stop right outside my door, so it's not like I'm in the sticks.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N

2000Q1: 67.1%

2024Q3: 65.6%

Go back even further to 1990Q1, and it was 64%. It had a peak of 69.2% in 2004Q4. In the 80s it was pretty much 63-64%.

Get out of California.

Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by floxy on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @06:21PM (#42199184)
Homeownership Rate in the United States

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N

Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by more_corn on Thursday November 21, 2024 @01:49PM (#42207350)
^ This is patently false.
Re:The Withering Dream of a Cheap American Electric Car by marxisttemp on Friday November 22, 2024 @09:46AM (#42214230)
Which part.