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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Kia’s affordable EV2 may be small, but it looks bigger in person [Video] (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Im so damn tired of hearing a $30k vehicle called “affordable” its not. Thats a years salary for many if not most people

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

New cars have always been a luxury good.
They've never been "affordable" to the bottom 40% of Americans.
Lower income households have always bought used cars. That's how the market works.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The issue is now that used cars arent affordable anymore either. You used to be able to buy a used Honda civic or Toyota Camry for $5000 and go for another 100k miles now everything is clapped out at that price and if you do find something you’re very liable to have to pay for a major repair very soon. There are some exceptions sure but it ised to be much much easier. If you buy used at a dealership its either high mileage or just as expensive

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That may be true. I've had my car for 10 years now. It's a 2012 Accord I bought used in 2015. So I've been out of the market for some time. I've been looking at used Bolts, they're in the upper teens.

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