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Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some may even say that sales have been elongated

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Don't buy the current fascist's car. Buy the formerly fascist People's Car.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More people scared of EV credits going away and taking the plunge

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'm on that edge myself. Any advice for those looking to go electric?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

There are plenty of used EVs but if you don't have a way to charge at home or roatrip a lot make sure to stay away from cars that charge slowly. Check the recall history and make sure all the fixes have been applied

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

To add to the person below: there is something called a 'charging curve' - how fast does it go from 10-80% and what capacity of electricity can it accept at that time? But, my best advice is for 2 car households. One of those cars likely travels much less daily. That car should be replaced by an old used EV - think Bolt / i3 / leaf. It doesn't matter if the car goes 60 miles range if you travel 10-15 miles a day and you can plug in at home. We have a 23 id4 and it's great. Prices are much better than when we bought. Also look into the lease buyout option. You'll have to do some math and make sure you're not getting screwed - but it can be a good option. Finally: ask a dealer to give you the final costs and term sheets and warranty options and financing costs via email - before you get there. They fuck around with you if you don't do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Pay attention to the weather-based range variation. Some EVs only get about half of their listed range in cold winter temps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I picked up a former corporate lease EV used for really cheap after the $4000 federal used EV tax rebate.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can tell you why I bought one, $12500 in rebates were taken off the msrp, and those rebates started in Jan. I’m hoping I also get the govt 7500 ev tax credit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Software sucks, but they're reasonably decent EVs. You get a few years of deeply discounted fast-charging, and they still qualify for the tax breaks. Plus, their TN workers voted to unionize last year.

Oh yeah, they're also not the-car-that-shall-not-be-named.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not that swasticar, this swasticar.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To be fair, VW is a company that had ties to fascism during WW2, if you buy a Tesla today, you're putting money in the pocket of fascism. There's definitely a difference.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I watched a documentary on this and IIRC the company was basically about to be shutdown after the war but got external investment and a whole new leadership team. Keeping the factories open revived the German economy and stopped them slipping into another fascist regime.

I think the winning countries learned their lesson after WW1.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Also just to add, mainly because it's so interesting, that a lot of current existing companies participated in the holocaust, including US ones like Ford: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust