Another cause is Fulu Foundation, supporting right to repair.

Chinese EVs are cheaper because the control the supply chain from mining to battery production. It has nothing to do with automation or cheaper labor, US plants are all automated. Chinese cars need to cost more for transport.

It is impossible to build lower cost cars in the US with healthcare costs, and Trump has only made that worse. US is the only country that ties healthcare to employment.

Tesla is American.

Lemmy has lots of opinions about vehicles with no actual knowledge. All US companies went in on EVs but you guys bought >3M pickup trucks instead, then you blame US industry for not making the cars you won’t buy.

Renault is making several affordable EVs in France. Germany only came up with overpriced, unreliable EVs from Mercedes, BMW and VW/AUDI.

Italian auto industry is all but dead, they can only screw customers for so long.

Equinox and Cadillac lyriq are everywhere, you just don’t recognize them as EVs.

US won’t have an answer. Obama invested in battery research, Trump shut it down, Biden invested in battery manufacture, Trump shut it down. During this time, Chinese industry secured a supply chain from raw ore mining to making batteries with patents. US has no IP in batteries.

Same thing is happening with drug discovery, it’s all China for the next decade.

Chevy Bolt.

Guess what, fuck off with fridges and microwaves in cars.

Not exactly, the registration fee is proportional to value too a point, so wealthy people pay less.

It’s just basically the same game as previous versions, now with a Japanese theme.

There have been three generations of leaf, updated 2017 and 2025. Now 225 miles range with active temp control for battery.

Nissan has sold over 650,000 leaves.

Nissan Leaf was updated three times last 10 years.

Kia allows you to disable data acquiring in options.

That’s easy: they are all garbage.

OnStar is the worst for privacy, it tracks everything you do, even your weight.

Not exactly a choice, they don’t actually exist yet.

And it’s only $20,000…$25000…$30000. soon I’ll have one parked next to my Aptera, and Tesla Roadster.

Tesla started this because they oversold EVs for years on the highest profit margins in the industry. They filled the cars with gadgets and screens to add the perception of value because car buyers are morons.

They have one drive reduction gear, just one speed, no shifting.