Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Darn. At least it’s something, I guess.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup. If it applied to private sales, I’d definitely get one. I just really hate dealing with dealers, so each of my last three cars have been from private parties. I tried dealers each time, and left with a bad impression.

    Most of the EVs in local classifieds are from dealers, probably because of the tax credit.

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s hard now is finding a private sale from the vehicles actual owner. Thanks to Facebook and lazy half assed pieces of crap, almost every cheap used car listed on Facebook marketplace is one being flipped instead of one being sold by a long term owner.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fortunately, my area has our own local classifieds that are used by a lot of locals, and owners very frequently sell their cars there. The problem is that, since the credits only apply to dealerships, they end up being about the same price or maybe more expensive than the dealers, which is bonkers.

        So even if you find someone who is honest and the original owner, it’ll probably be more expensive through them because the dealers get a tax cut (which is supposed to go to you…).

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