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Re:Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrow... by dsr_ on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:10PM (#48634645)
At $8500, I could justify having a 77 mile range electric car with a top speed of 30ish mph. That would take care of every in-town trip, but I couldn't do a full commute to work with it because the most sensible way of doing that involves a highway. If it could manage 50mph for 15 minutes, it could go on the highway and I could recharge at or near the office.

The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price. A Bolt has four times the range, but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive".

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Re:Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrow... by apparent on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:33PM (#48634920)
> The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000, about three times the price.

You can also get used EVs/PHEVs. We got a PHEV with 20 miles of EV range for $14k, and you can get used Leafs for under $10k.

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Re:Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrow... by floxy on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:13PM (#48636283)
>but still not quite enough to go one way on my most frequent "long drive"

...without a charging stop.

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Re:Mexican government unveils a prototype for a new homegrow... by rsynnott on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @05:28AM (#48642415)
> The cheapest EV currently available in the US is the Chevy Bolt, at $29000

The interesting thing is that this appears to be largely because the manufacturers, rightly or wrongly, do not think that the US market _wants_ cheaper EVs. The id.Polo (about 20k with incentives in most countries) won't launch in the US, for instance, even though the id.4 did.

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