• Sniperpride@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I could only imagine if Tesla would have made the cybertruck something more normal. Whether the truck ends up being good or bad the style can turn off a lot of buyers that they may have potentially had. I think Tesla missed an opportunity for an even bigger blow to the legacy brands.

  • RhoOfFeh@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    You mean there is not a huge lack of demand, as proclaimed by everyone who makes cars nobody wants?

  • rootusrootus@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Seems plausible. Most of that will be Tesla, of course, but there are a lot of good alternatives showing up now.

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    10 months ago

    I get the sense this might be correct. I see so many EV’s now on the street and parked in Costco and Sams Club parking lots.

    • roccthecasbah@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      I wish Costco wasn’t so egregiously early in their EV charging roll out. If they unrolled it today I’m sure they’d see great utilization. I’d love to charge there now that the cheap gas is irrelevant to me.

  • DiscoInError93@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    So is the EV market crashing or thriving? Can someone get these dipshit journo’s on the same page? These publications have been changing direction like a windsock.

    • Florpmonger@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      If you’re referring to the US market specifically it’s neither crashing nor thriving. It’s growing but very slowly. Each major market is behaving very differently so there’s no one summary you can make for the global market.

      Here’s extensive charts for you of the relevant markets.

      https://open-ev-charts.org/

    • dontmatterdontcare@alien.topB
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      10 months ago

      Tesla is pretty much carrying the EV sales.

      Other car brands’ EV sales are still marred by shitty salesmen dealership tactics like markup adjustments and unsolicited add-ons.

      BYD is another one too apparently leading EV sales but I’m not too familiar with them.