Car dealers say they can’t sell EVs, tell Biden to slow their rollout

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• Ainiriand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  … in the US.

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  • lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes? It’s obvious from the title that the article is about the US.

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• willis936@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sure they can. Just give the $7500 credit to an EV worth its price.

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• hex_m_hell@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The whole EV thing is the same scam as Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars were under Bush. It’s not real. It never was real. It’s just an opportunity to dump a bunch of taxpayer money on Detroit and give the petroleum industry another decade while the US government pretends to solve oil dependency with one more fake solution.

  They don’t work. It’s simply not possible. Cars can’t continue to exist like they do today because every person carrying around several tons of metal everywhere just doesn’t make any kind of sense.

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  • Sanyanov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I agree with you, but your comment might be worded in a way that triggers a knee-jerk reaction to downvote.

    The key point is, cars are not sustainable. Stop pretending that if you switch to electric, they suddenly are. Car industry is extremely polluting (not only with exhaust, but with production, tyres, asphalt for extra roads etc.), cars take immense resources to produce and service, and they are NOT a necessity.

    The only rational way of transportation is through public transport. For super rare destinations where public transportation doesn’t go, there can be a carsharing service.

    Ditch personal cars. Embrace the new reality, and go green for real.

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• ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder if new vehicle sales are down overall. If I had to replace my car today, I’d be looking for something second hand.

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  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    September sales were actually up 13% from last year

    They had major parts shortages at the time and entire factories were shut down.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “The hard times of the Middle Man”. I can see the book now.

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• trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The car dealers need to be abolished. Not even an ICE vs EV argument, car dealers are fucking awful, they barely know shit and borderline scam their customers trying to up the price of everything and then ‘pretend haggle’ down to a ‘reasonable price’ that’s still probably 30k over msrp

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• BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hmm, then what’s your purpose again?

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• Brkdncr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  EVs will sell when non-hybrid ICEs aren’t being made anymore.

  Non-hybrid ICEs will have quite the demand while that’s happening and dealers can expect to be able to rip people off again while it’s happening.

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