Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAuto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't workingwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down193cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareseiryth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoThis. It’s even worse in Australia. The only affordable ev is a Tesla 3 @ 55k AUD. Which even then is out of reach of most. Why not make a 30k EV? Penetrate the majority of consumers. I’m on a great wage and even I shake my head at 80-120k range of most EVs here. Then you get bwm releasing 180k+ EVs… who exactly is buying them? When you price a technology out of the reach of people, the tech isn’t the failure.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoYou can buy a BYd Dolphin for $38k ($24kusd) mate. https://bydautomotive.com.au/configurator/byd-dolphin?ref=website
This. It’s even worse in Australia. The only affordable ev is a Tesla 3 @ 55k AUD. Which even then is out of reach of most.
Why not make a 30k EV? Penetrate the majority of consumers.
I’m on a great wage and even I shake my head at 80-120k range of most EVs here. Then you get bwm releasing 180k+ EVs… who exactly is buying them?
When you price a technology out of the reach of people, the tech isn’t the failure.
You can buy a BYd Dolphin for $38k ($24kusd) mate.
https://bydautomotive.com.au/configurator/byd-dolphin?ref=website