• jakgal04@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    You mean selling something for $100,000 over its MSRP which is also over its production cost was never going to last?

    I can’t believe it, what a total shock!

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    1 year ago

    Incorrect title, probably anti EV spam.

    Article says resellers can’t make money flipping them anymore.

    " The Hummer EV was reselling for $100k over sticker price for most of 2022

    Aftermarket sellers are now struggling to find buyers over MSRP

    The last 5 Hummer EV auctions on Bring A Trailer have not met reserve price"

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      1 year ago

      Considering the vast majority of people don’t read most articles, OP knew what they were doing.

      PS also: man, OP needs to either speed up or slow down from their history…I’m just not sure which

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        I thought the hummver ev was more like a novelty anyway rather than a serious car. Not surprised few people are buying them.

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          I thought evs were more like a novelty anyway rather than a serious car. Not surprised few people are buying them. There i fixed it for you.

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            Not really. A lot of people are buying good EVs just not the hummer. EV sales are now 9% of all new cars and sales have been going up each quarter this year, not down. It’s expected over 1 million will be sold in the US in 2023 going higher in 2024 as GM has several new models coming out.

            Plus the upcoming transition to NACS will make charging easier and will likely cause a large increase of EV sales in 2025-2026.

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    1 year ago

    Doug demuro rips into this a bit on last week’s TST podcast. The first Hummer EV on cars and bids last year went for over 200K. The most recent went for 100k.

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    1 year ago

    The general American public really needs to learn macros. You can start by using the investor . Com app and following lithium carbonate prices. I’m tired of seeing EV deflation posts when lithium is down 71% in a year . That’s what the fuck is supposed to happen

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    1 year ago

    Wow are you telling me that cars(mostly) are just depreciating assets and cane be bought and sold for profit?

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        1 year ago

        One day, when you have to buy liquid fuel by the quart in the charging convenience store, it may be worth something to someone. But the SHO will, uh, show you up.

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    I see a ton of Teslas and many Rivians on the road, but I’ve never seen a Hummer EV. I can’t imagine they’re selling well.

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      There’s one in my town. It drove past my while I was cycling on the shoulder. Scared the bejeezus out of me because they absolutely did not give me a safe amount of space. That thing is fucking huge (as are all the other monster trucks people drive around here)

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      Me and my wife cannot understand why GM started with the hummer instead of a Tahoe/Suburban and Silverado/Sierra.

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        They could demand more margin for it by making it silly fun with things like the removable top, crab walk, etc. boutique chicken first to make high volume models more cost effective later

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        I believe it was a proof of concept. The Silverado EV, Sierra EV, and Escalade IQ are all coming out soon(ish)

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        It was a low volume practice run. It was never made to sell in high volumes. Build the first gen of that new aluminum monocoque chassis, motors, inverters, battery, get it out there to see how it handles the real world. Then they can focus on building a 400,000 truck a year production line.

        Taking a risk on their golden goose trucks had to wait so that the fools buying the hummer can deal with the teething issues.

        And the spec changes show with the new truck. 30% more range is a huge leap.

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      will ferrel has one wrapped in gold with a LAFC logo on it.

      it’s the only one ive seen.

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      It depends where you live. One of my neighbors owns a Hummer EV SUV and my local dealer has a used Hummer EV for sale at wayyy over MSRP.

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      I’ve seen quite a few around here. Problem is that dealerships have the used trucks sitting on the lot for 127k and a new Suv at the dealership down the road for 80k.

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      We have one in the Richmond area. Can you say overcompensation for lacking certain body parts?

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    Lol fuck scalpers

    Also I am all for bringing whatever you want to the market but there is a reason why the basic affordable ev models sell well world wide…

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    This is why I love Reddit and broader social media! Tesla puts in something about resale to prevent scalpers and all of the internet has a conniption about how you don’t own the car if that’s the case and how it’s an idiotic policy by Elon.

    Now because it’s gm who did absolutely nothing about scalpers (not to mention dealer mark ups) it’s fuck scalpers. Gotta love Elon Derangement Syndrome.

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      all of the internet

      You can’t get all of the internet to agree even that breathing oxygen is a good idea, and you claim that somehow everybody agreed on a contentious issue like this? I remember when it was announced, there was a heated discussion here in r/electricvehicles , with several people for and against.

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      It’s not logically inconsistent to think scalpers are the scum of society but still not like having restrictions on what you can do with your own property.

      You can also like the antiscalping provision while still thinking Elon Musk is racist narcissistic nazi.

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        Anti scalping is not on the list of why I dislike Elon. The end of your comment is though. People who make it their mission to defend Elon are so weird. He’d call you a pedo in a heartbeat if he bothered you notice you exist. Let him defend himself.

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          IMO, people who make it their mission to defend him and people who make it their mission to hate on everything Tesla just because he’s CEO are both weird. Both types of people seem to have an obsession with Elon.

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        still not like having restrictions on what you can do with your own property.

        Ok but that’s not what most of them believe. Those people usually want laws against scalping.