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Tesla’s 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.

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.

  • FrankTheHealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    9 months ago

    I see people on TikTok a lot saying that ‘the EV bubble is gonna pop and all these suckers are gonna come crawling back to traditional combustion cars’

    Like no. Batteries right now are the worse they will ever be again. This is the worst battery tech is gonna be for the rest of our lives. Theres already EVs with batteries that last a week, of just day to day commuter type travel. And have warranties up to 1,000,000 miles.

    What’s happening right now is a big shakeup because lots of people can only afford to buy these cars second hand, but people have anxiety about trusting a second hand car with this new tech. So used car sales people are removed that it’s hard to sell them. That doesn’t mean they aren’t selling though. On top of that, the transition of combustion engines to batteries is causing an industry shakeup. Like there was when we went from horses to cars. When cars first became a thing, people complained about where they will get fuel for it and how long the engine lasts.

    Now 100 years on, we are complaining about where we will charge these things, and how long the batteries last.

    The transition to EVs is inevitable. You can say it’s not happening but you are wrong.

    • PlaidBaron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      9 months ago

      I own an EV. Whats to ‘crawl back to’? The constant maintenance costs? The expensive fuel? The shittier driving experience? The worse noise and vibration?

      Nah, bruh. Im good. I will never go back to ICE.

      • chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        8·
        9 months ago

        I have a terrible EV. Claims it has 80 miles of range but is really around 50 miles. A drive to work brings it down to 20%. The fast charge port is CHAdeMO, which at least around here is barely used, and even the electrify America places usually only have 1.

        I still don’t want to switch back, I just want a better one with a more common port. I work from home except for the occasional mandatory in office stuff (one coming this Thurs and probably another next month). Most of the stuff I want to drive to is within a battery’s distance to go to and from. About the only thing that really sucks is vacations to visit family.

        • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          Here’s to hoping you’ll be able to get a car with a NACS charger next year. NACS is supposed to be the standard by then.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I was able to get a charger installed …… it was so easy to get used to treating it like phone charging: plugin at night and it is always ready to go. I am done with gas stations, and hope I never need to go “crawling back” to them

      • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I just bought my first EV. I’m never going back to ICE. Effortless acceleration, a super quiet drive, being able to plug in at home and always leave the house with 100% capacity… People try to argue that they’re bad because of something they remember seeing once a couple of decades ago or whatever. It’s nice correcting them based on personal experience. Also if they go for a test drive they change their minds REALLY quickly. That EV power off the line is a pretty compelling argument all on its own.

        Reminds me a lot of the battery versus petrol RC car debate back in the day. Anyone who remembered NiCad batteries and brush motors had a justifiable hate for electric RC cars and opted for the petrol option… But if they refused to try LiPo and brushless they ended up stuck with noisy, finicky, and ultimately slower cars.

        You gotta be willing to accept that as technology improves the balance can (and rapidly does) swing in favour of something that you remember sucking.