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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
I would absolutely love to have an EV. But they are very expensive, especially compared to the gas-powered car I already own.
Maybe in your country. Chinese electric cars are plenty cheap, many of them are cheaper than most ICE cars
You are aware that these vehicles are sold outside China as well, right? I’m not making the point of “in china they’re cheap”, I’m making the point “they are cheap, maybe just not in your country”
in the US you can get a decent ICE car for under $2000, you cannot get a Chinese EV for under $2000 that holds a charge
The average price of a new car in the USA is $47k. Comparing averages is more realistic than going to the lowest extreme example. My point is there exist electric cars that cost less than the average new car.
Here in middle eu they are twice as expensive. Maybe it got a little better to like 1.75 now? Still I would have to be crazy to spend more than necessary on a car and watch it’s value plummet and repair cost suck my entertainment money. But also no way to charge them without living countryside or arrive comfortably at the far destination without long stops.
A car is a necessary tool to get from a to b. Whatever does its job the best at the moment. I despise car owners treating them as status symbols.
You’re making this up.
The average car in Germany costs above 40k€, that’s very similar to what an EV such as the BYD Dolphin can cost (from 35k€ upwards).
You don’t need to convince me that cars suck, I don’t own one as a matter of principle, but there’s no point in lying about the price of things