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top down government technology mandates never work. the early adopters and rich california folks all already have EVs. normal people don’t want them toyota was
by alkibiades 2y ago
top down government technology mandates never work. the early adopters and rich california folks all already have EVs. normal people don’t want them
toyota was right and that’s why i got their hybrid vehicle instead of an EV
- 2four2 2y agoI love the rhetoric that simultaneously paints California as rich yet wrong with policy. "Those successful Californians are failures!"
- alkibiades 2y agowow so right!! those saudi sheikhs must have really good policies too. rich = correct
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- afavour 2y agoI’m a “normal person” and I’d love one. But they’re too expensive and the charging situation near me isn’t great.
- AlexandrB 2y agoWhen talking about market demand, the only thing that matters is how many people will actually spend money on the thing. Wanting something hypothetically if a bunch of additional conditions are met doesn't really help Tesla. Basically, Toyota was right.
- Ajedi32 2y agoIt sounds like you like the idea of EVs but not the reality. I'm in the same boat; it's a cool technology, just not currently very practical for my situation. Maybe future technology and infrastructure improvements will change that someday, but we aren't there yet, at least not for me.
- afavour 2y agoRight, as much as anything I was addressing the OP's statement "top down government technology mandates never work". Some technologies need top down help to achieve viability and to my mind EVs fit that bill. If the government help bootstrap the industry it could easily achieve viability over the years. It's hardly without precedent: would car travel be the same without the interstate highway system?
- stephenitis 2y agoI'm curious, how much would you spend on a car? The $7,500 rebate sort of tweaked with the value system in my head and got my to purchase my model Y. also with not dealing with dealerships was a huge +