Post #1375347
2026-04-01 11:53 UTC
Replies (7)
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@Buffalox@lemmy.world 2026-04-01 12:10
North America has little competition because of the tariffs on everything not made in USA. AFAIK Canada is getting out of that shadow. I read an article about a month ago, how Canadian imports were routed through USA, and that it stifled EV adoption in Canada.
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@Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-03 00:10
A la corporate profits. There is a reason why the United States government blocks the sale of Chinese EVs. It would ***destroy*** the American car sector.
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@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2026-04-01 12:51
If only prices were related to costs ... 😄
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@doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2026-04-01 13:03
Also, have you bought 9volt batteries recently? Batteries are NOT cheaper in the real world in any use case in my experience.
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@Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-01 16:09
There are plenty of EVs below the median price Americans are paying for new cars ~$50k. People aren't buying EVs because they don't like them / the dealerships aren't pushing them, not the price as they're willing to shell out even more for a top of the line pickup.
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@BurgerBaron@piefed.social 2026-04-01 13:30
I of course looked into used EV but...there's nothing to buy used. You can only get shit with less than 80kW batteries for under $15k in Canada. Think 2006 - 2015 models with high mileage so even less range. I need something that can go 60 kilometers when it's -40'C outside. Looks like I need to eat the gas prices for another 5 years or so waiting for bigger used battery capacity to trickle down.
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@weimaraner_of_doom@piefed.social 2026-04-01 12:09
And the options are still not great.