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President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Also no US auto-manufacturer is going all in on EVs, they're all mostly building gas-guzzling oversized trucks and SUVs. US automakers intentionally killed EVs in the 90s, and hoped no other country would start building them.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Also no US auto-manufacturer is going all in on EVs

Tesla? Rivian? Lucid? Faraday? Fisker?

To be clear, yes, of course I understand that those are all luxury brands, but that doesn't make your statement any less false.

No, the major auto manufacturers aren't going all-in on EVs, but that are all getting deeper every year. There's no reason to expect that progress to slow down, as they're all quite entrenched in the technology at this point.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Average new car cost is $55,821, and average cost of ownership is $12,182.

The American manufacturers do not want lower prices. Dealerships don't like electrics because there's less maintenance.