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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same with EVs. After BYD became the largest EV manufacturer, suddenly EV is not cool anymore. Maybe if car manufacturers focus on making EV affordable instead of cramming more and more luxury features, maybe EV sales in US won't dwindle.

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The anti-EV sentiment has been building much longer than BYD becoming the big boy on the block. About 8 months ago my state passed the equivalent of about a $100 per gallon tax on EV charging.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds bad, but how would they know you are using electricity to charge your EV?

[–] TheIllustrativeMan 4 points 9 months ago

It's a DC charger tax.

[–] JJROKCZ 2 points 9 months ago

Mine requires you to pay an extra like thousand dollars when buying your plates as an EV tax, they try to justify by saying they’re missing out on your fuel taxes for the next decade so they want to collect it up front.

Then they go and spend it on hunting down women getting abortions and black kids existing..