$40k or $51k are actually pretty expensive for a car… i mean, all new cars are insanely expensive nowadays…
Nearest Prius Prime SE 2024 to my house is $34,604.
Top-hit from Carfax.com.
I don’t think you’ll find Electric or PHEV at much lower than this in the USA. If you want a cheap daily driver, buy a Chevy Trax or something. ICE is way, way way cheaper still.
But if you care about electrification, going north of $30k is expected.
there’s a difference between caring about electric and having 30k…
a lot of people just can’t afford that
Well yeah. I don’t think EVs are for the mass consumer yet. They remain quite expensive and remain unreliable.
Hybrids, like Toyota Corolla Hybrid, get 50+ mpg and are only $24k. If you can’t afford PHEV or EV, then drop down to the next tier. Hybrids exist for a reason and will have significant emissions saving / carbon emissions reduction compared to a normal car, by simply burning a fraction of the gasoline of a normal car.
I also don’t believe that we can buy or consumer our way out of this problem. Your actual biggest way to minimize your emissions is to find a bus.
