If they can’t sell it, then they’ll lower prices and people will be able to buy them.
I doubt the profits are so hard to come up with considering the wild CEO pay and record profits everyone’s bragging about.
I would have bought a plug in electric, but my apartment didn’t like the idea of me throwing extension cords out my second story window.
Even with an outlet who wants to slow charge a plug-in EV? The infrastructure isn’t there and the cars are too expensive.
Most people who have an EV now are slow charging at home daily. And seldom need to use a public charger for their daily driving because of that daily overnight slow charging.
Where I’m at, most people with an EV are getting priority parking at the grocery store, workplace, and shopping centers, charging while while they work or shop, and never think much about charging at all unless they’re taking a road trip.
No one expects they should be able to install a gas station in their backyard to buy an ICE vehicle. The issue is infrastructure.
Maybe roll out some models people can afford? It’s all SUVs that start around $45k, but they built only a few of those base models. The ones actually available are premium trims that go for $65k and might peak around $100k. They were able to sell out for 6 months, and then that market was saturated. Now they stand around asking why nobody buys their cars.
Oh man I would love an affordable Honda e in North America. I’ve seen them in Europe. What a nice little car.
Move to Europe! And get free medicine as a bonus.
Huh? There are a ton of small EVs that are much cheaper than that. The Nissan Leaf, for example.
I’m holding out for a proper hot hatch. Something like a VW Golf or Mazda3. Leaf is a bit too small.
I was hoping Volvo would make something like this, but I don’t know what they are doing now and realized they costs way too much …
Volvo acquired Polestar and they have some good EVs, but nothing small or cheap yet. Small, cheap and funky - that’s what Fiat is doing right now.
Also maybe don’t make me buy a car through a dealership. Why can’t I just order and car and it gets delivered to my house instead of making me pick it up from a dealer that gets to charge whatever they want for being a middle man on top of the cars already being too expensive.
Side note and probably hot take but I think if manufacturers were serious they would be rushing to phase out most of their combustion vehicles. If people want a new car it’s going to be electric and if they don’t want EV then they can find a nice used car and pay a premium for gas.
Dealerships in the US are a cartel backed by the government. Multiple states have laws banning direct sales - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_US_dealership_disputes
