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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I can't speak for them, but cars and EVs in particular have their issues. And I say this as an EV owner. The biggest issue I have is battery volatility and the trouble of putting out an EV if they catch fire, which generally seems to be mostly a risk in higher speed collisions. It's a huge infrastructure hurdle for our firefighters.

That being said, necessity breeds innovation, the more common EVs become, the more people that will be working on a solution.

Competition from Chinese EVs are only going to be a good thing for American buyers. Why the hell are most longer range EVs $40k or more after incentives? Lack of options and lack of competition is my bet. And if you're worried about cheap labor and materials being unfair competition I have bad news, American brands also build their cars in Mexico and purchase materials from dubious sources.