• Acters@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Chevy bolt at least has half of the features but still quite a few, I would say a very set of features to include, but I do imagine it would only shave less than 5k if the bolt had the most basic of features. That means it would be 1-2k cheaper as a used vehicle. I do think it’s the more reasonable priced vehicle, and we need more competitors to this vehicle. On the other hand, most of the cost is the battery and it just something researchers must be paid to bring innovations for and its just not reasonable to pay them cheap as they are doing a great thing for humanity. However, this forces companies to charge higher prices and should instead be subsidized without trademark/IP protections restricting its adoption.

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        1 year ago

        The only reason they didn’t is because China is getting ready to ship stupid cheap cars to the US.

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          1 year ago

          Is that true? Last I heard they couldn’t pass safety regulations.

          I would be for it, we need more companies to show Hyundai how to child proof cars… By child proof I mean making sure the car isn’t so easy to steal, a child could do it.

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            1 year ago

            China can’t but their corporations are welcome to submit cars to American testing to sell here. Look up Greely Automotive.