More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.
Get back to me when an EV is released that doesn’t require an Electrical Engineering degree to do any work on it, doesn’t require $1M+ in manufacturer’s diagnostic hardware for every tiny issue, doesn’t have DRM that locks the vehicle down after any manufacturer-unapproved work, and which doesn’t upload gigabytes of my driving metrics for the manufacturer to monetize without my permission or knowledge.
About the only chance I currently have for any of this is to convert a classic car.
i’d be cool with those things if i could get one of those awesome $10k byd’s; but they’re banned in my country due to new protectionist laws.
paying 2x as much for an older tesla that still has these problem feels like a bad idea; but i know plenty of people who are tesla fan boys who wouldn’t be able to afford a tesla otherwise.
it looks like i’m going to hang onto my 15 year old car for another 15 years until ev’s in this country costs the same as they do everywhere else in the world.
Get back to me when an EV is released that doesn’t require an Electrical Engineering degree to do any work on it, doesn’t require $1M+ in manufacturer’s diagnostic hardware for every tiny issue, doesn’t have DRM that locks the vehicle down after any manufacturer-unapproved work, and which doesn’t upload gigabytes of my driving metrics for the manufacturer to monetize without my permission or knowledge.
About the only chance I currently have for any of this is to convert a classic car.
i’d be cool with those things if i could get one of those awesome $10k byd’s; but they’re banned in my country due to new protectionist laws.
paying 2x as much for an older tesla that still has these problem feels like a bad idea; but i know plenty of people who are tesla fan boys who wouldn’t be able to afford a tesla otherwise.
it looks like i’m going to hang onto my 15 year old car for another 15 years until ev’s in this country costs the same as they do everywhere else in the world.