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Two years after buying my $2,000 electric truck from China, here's how it looks now | electrek (electrek.co)
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[–] bubbalu@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

Great story! I did the math based on the author's statement that the american equivalent (not being made at scale) is 5x more at $37,000 and all total they paid about $7,000 to get the truck from the factory to Florida.

For context, a '94 Ford Ranger costed $10,000.