More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.

More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      7 months ago

      They implicity, but clearly, define it: the same price as gasoline cars.

      Also, Become != Are. It even notes, right in the blurb there, that they’re getting there, not that they are there.

    • eldavi@lemmy.world
      92·
      7 months ago

      Nope, that’s not affordable.

      i had the same thought and i’m also thinking that i’m going to keep my 15 year old car until it dies in the hopes that i can get those brand new $10k ev’s that people outside the united states can get right now.

      • mortalic@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 months ago

        Stuff like this is starting to make its way into automotive youtubers feeds now. I just saw one where he picked up a Model S P85D for like $10k or something crazy because it was “insurance totaled”. The issue was they’d let the battery die in the lot and some idiots didn’t think to charge it.

      • febra@lemmy.world
        52·
        7 months ago

        But think about the american car makers that produce a lot of their stuff abroad anyways! Who’s going to stuff their pockets?? God forbid you get cheap chinese EVs!

    • ShortFuse@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 months ago

      Recently, Mr. Lawrence said, customers have been snapping up used Teslas for a little over $20,000, after applying a $4,000 federal tax credit.

      3rd sentence?

      I’ll share the rest because the paywall:

      Carmakers including Tesla, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, the owner of Jeep, have announced plans for electric vehicles that would sell new for as little as $25,000.

      More than half of the used electric vehicles on the market sell for less than $30,000, according to Recurrent, a research firm that focuses on the used E.V. market.