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The data found about 68 per cent of car shoppers in 2022 who did not own an EV showed an intent to purchase one, but that dropped to 56 per cent this year.

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[–] zipzoopaboop 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Make some dashboards that aren't a touchscreen cluster fuck

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fucken' this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not? Give me a cheap screen as the backup camera and don't make me put my fingers on it while driving, and give me potentiometer controls for everything else!

Give me an EV car that makes me feel just a little better than being out in the cold for cheap and I'm sold.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If they made a little EV pickup with a 2 seater cab, 6ft bed, basic backup camera and a 200 mile range for 20k, I'd buy one tomorrow.

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

This, an electric Ranger is 10x more useful than a crew cab Ram with a 4 foot box, super nova headlights and a 12L V8 un-tuned diesel.

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

There used to be an Electric Ranger, but the snag was that the range was so low that it was only sold for institutional / commercial campus use -- I think it had a 60 mile range, and took overnight to charge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh man, that's what I want! My commute is 30 miles round trip and it's shift work so there is at least 10hrs of charging time between commutes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pick up a 10 year old Tesla -- they're cheap and they have lots of battery life for short commutes.

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

There was a rumor GM is making the LUV truck but electric. I'm not a bowtie person anymore but I would have a downpayment on one in a heartbeat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are inexpensive EVs...BYD makes some decent low cost EVs. They're already in use as taxis in Montreal and IKEA delivery in Vancouver. The consumer versions are apparently coming in Canada... Just not yet. They are avail in Australia already and in Europe too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI, the full-electric IKEA delivery trucks are in Montreal as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah cool. I haven't spent much time in Montreal... I stay west coast. I was just aware of the BYD taxis. Poked about online. Seems the BYD trucks are in Ottawa too.

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

It's because it's the easiest way for car manufacturers to harvest and sell your data to third parties.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fucken’ this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not?

Because it's cheaper. They only have to run one wire, one time, to one device, instead of having a myriad of wires and control boards.