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• Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s… expensive ? The last car I bought new was €17.000 (12 years ago, a Citroën Berlingo).

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, well, things haven’t gotten cheaper over the years… that’s the way things generally tend to work. And that sounds like a much lower quality car. Average new car price in the US is ~$40k.

    You have to account for the cost of ownership in that purchase price. But it sounds like you may need to investigate your local EV incentives.

    I’m ready for a Toyota Corolla EV or similar for a much lower price, but Japan seems to be on a warpath against EVs.

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    • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And that sounds like a much lower quality car.

      It’s way more practical than a Tesla. Whatever, the Berlingo model now starts at 39.000€ (EV only). That’s twice the price I bought mine. My salary has not doubled in 10 years.

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      • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The Berlingo can be driven in the rain.

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    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Japan actually has quite a lot of cheap and small EVs in their domestic market, but they don’t seem to be interested to export or manufacture them for other market. Chinese Campania l companies in the other hand are very eager filling this niche.

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