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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
There will be cheap EVs soon, and then soon there will be used EVs. Even without carbon pricing EVs will be way cheaper and soon
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I've kinda been hearing this for a decade now, and I had always assumed it was going to happen, but we are still waiting. Tesla has tried really really hard to make a cheaper version, but keeps struggling with it. The cheapest model 3 is $46,389, but that's limited to 151km range, which is about 100km in the winter, so pretty useless to pay that much. The standard range plus gets you 423km range, and is $52.990. None of that sounds "cheap" when you can get a gas sedan for half the price.
I understand they are making improvements, but the process is slow. When do you see EV's being at par price wise for a similarly equipped vehicle? 5 years ago I would have said 2025, but I'm not convinced now.