this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2025
145 points (98.0% liked)
Electric Vehicles
1735 readers
131 users here now
Overview:
Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.
Related communities:
- !automotive@discuss.tchncs.de
- !avs@futurology.today
- !byd@lemmy.world
- !ebike@lemm.ee
- !energy@slrpnk.net
- !geely@lemmy.world
- !micromobility@lemmy.world
- !polestar@lemmy.ca
- !rivian@lemmy.zip
- !teslamotors@lemmy.zip
- !xiaomi@lemdro.id
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Americans are one of the richest people in the world. They're just about the only people who can afford ridiculously expensive vehicles (and then of course a whole bunch of people can't afford them and take out loans, but that's the same everywhere).
Price and size being what they are, this is aimed at Europeans. There's not enough market for tiny cheap vehicles in the US these days. I don't think people care much about the debt thing.
In my lived reality in the US, it's a house of cards for the vast majority of people. One accident, the development of a debilitating illness, one misstep - is all it takes to all fall down... even for the wealthiest people I know.
The truly rich are the only ones who are immune to that (in large part), and I don't know anybody or know anybody who knows anybody in their lives who is at that level of wealth. Everybody is surviving besides the very wealthy, regardless of how much abundance Americans apparently have relative to other societies (especially the societies they unknowingly exploit).
You may be right about there not currently being a market, but I think affordable EVs generally would be more popular if they appealed to an American audience. The current offerings are wholly unimpressive and the inconvenience of charging is likely a major factor for Americans.
Oh most definitely. But till people can still get loans, there's no market for this. Where I live, incomes are slightly smaller so this is about what the average person can lease new. Much better market for cheap small cars like this.