" … as soon as vehicles come in the right price range next year … people will flock to buy them.”

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    2 hours ago

    With all the batteries being made in China, it will be very hard to compete on a level ground.

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      Don’t worry; Indonesia has a lot of nickel that has plunged the nickel prices around the world, which will certainly increase the cost of making batteries since the mines are owned by… China. Ahh fuck.

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      7 hours ago

      We’ll take our expensive luxury EVs with 2 miles a charge and like them…er I mean buy giant pickup trucks instead that use 20 gallons of gas / mile while the world burns.

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      8 hours ago

      Nobody should be excited for a race to the bottom, but cars generally have been overpriced and this seems like a pretty normal trend of price correction trying to take shape in this wonky market.