Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but billionaires in general
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Elon Musk is turning US liberals off not just Tesla but electric vehicles in general
(www.theguardian.com)
Ill buy an EV when they can make one that has a decent range but also doesnt weigh 4 tons and cost $80k. As someone still driving what used to be a normal sized car 20 years ago, these monstrosities need to go.
Weve solved the issue of ICE pollution and created a million other problems. More pollution from tire wear, more pollution from battery waste, more pollution from producing giant battery sleds. More pollution from having to repave roads more often due to all these EVs weighing as much as two ICE cars… makes an efficient ICE engine in a small car seem like way less of a problem by comparison, at least to me
I have a Chevy Bolt EUV, ~400km range, weighs 1.6 metric tons and cost 36K USD for a trim with most of the bells and whistles.
I don't drive myself but my wife uses it for a 7 hr drive a couple times a year just fine.
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