Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road

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• WaterWaiver@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My headline for this is about size.

  • Honda Super-ONE is a kei car
  • BYD atto (the “$24K” one) is bigger, but not by too much.

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  • Nottalottapies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Agree, I’d love a small electric only car. The Honda is definitely interesting.

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• TheHolm@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ahh, give me my full electric wagon ( or at lease people mover). Until electric cars are cheaper than petrol adoption will be sluggish. Buying electric at this moment does not make economic sense.

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  • Zagorath@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I suspect they probably already are cheaper over the lifetime of the product. Of course there’s also a lot of value in the upfront cost coming closer, but there are other problems at play.

    First and foremost: the culture wars. The right-wing loves to make a big fuss at how poor and inadequate anything that might be better for the environment is. And EVs have been a huge target of this.

    There’s also range anxiety. Australia doesn’t have the best fast-charger network for those rare long-distance trips, and far too many people make their purchase based on what they might need for a trip they take less than once per year.

    And then there’s dealers. There have been many reports of dealers discouraging people from getting EVs. Probably because they make a lot of their money on aftermarket servicing, which EVs need a lot less of than ICE cars. So it’s in their best interest to avoid EVs.

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• Tau@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The little Honda is a pretty attractive idea, looks nice and it’s good to see something that’s supposedly designed to be fun to drive rather than yet another sluggish poor handling SUV.

  The BYD Atto 1 I think though is a more significant model simply because it’s something that’s at least approaching affordable to an average person. That 24k price is really narrowing the gap between the cheapest cars and cheapest EVs and I expect will result in a noticeable increase in uptake.

  I like that another van option is appearing too, it’s sure to be well above a price I can justify but having more secondhand options in the future will be good for me when my Transporter gets beyond logical upkeep.

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