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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on (www.cnn.com)
submitted 8 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Personally, I'm keen to see if the proverbial doors get blown off the first few gens of electric cars, and the FOSS community makes headway.
I would happily buy an old Leaf if I knew we could handle all the software ourselves, and just do battery swaps when the range wasn't enough any more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

3rd party leaf batteries already exist

[–] bitwyze 0 points 8 months ago

Automotive software is a regulated industry. No government is going to let John Doe off the street flash custom firmware onto a car and allow it on the road.