US unions didn’t ‘cripple’ US car companies, they just have to treat workers decently. It’s a weird US management obsession that they should be allowed to fire people with no notice or reason, underpay, have unsafe working conditions, etc., and workers should just accept those terrible terms.

That’s your mistake - you think workers striking to protect their rights makes them defective.

These days the average new car sale is $48k. That’s why the average car loan to buy them is over 68 months!

Exactly right. Some people are either ignorant or selfish, wasting everyone’s time including their own. I am glad Tesla is starting to charge people for charging 90-100% when chargers are full and people are waiting.

There’s an EV credit for buying used EVs, about ½ the new car credit, which should help offset that.

One major factor is that Tesla’s been using their efficient manufacturing to drive down prices and grow market share, making money at prices that force the legacy car companies’ EV sales to lose money. So while historically Teslas retained used car values incredibly well, these days as they drive down new car prices, that pushes down used car prices.