Comment on Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 months agoI wouldn’t pay $18k for a model 3 regardless, but that’s still a price that is out of reach for the vast majority of people buying a car. I believe you are taking your financial situation and assuming it represents the public as a whole.
And if you think most people driving to work can afford a paid transport, that just reinforces the previous point. You’re completely out of touch.
You999@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The avarage used car loan in the United States is 26k. That price is not “out of reach for the vast majority of people buying used cars”.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The average is not the median, and there’s about 20% of the population living below the poverty line that can’t qualify for a car loan. If you exclude the top 10% that can afford much higher loans, that average goes way down.
You999@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Median is 23k…
according to the 2022 US census the poverty rate is 11% not 20%, it hasn’t been above 20% since 1959.