Automakers seem to want to just sell a car and let the private sector figure out charging... Meanwhile in the charging sector, oil companies are buying up charging networks and established ICE vendors are neglecting the networks they were forced to build.
I have a Tesla... you're saying that other EV's charging situation is _even worse_? If I can't charge the thing at home, I just plain can't charge it. If I'm lucky enough to be able to find a charging station, and I'm lucky enough that there are any available charging stations, and I'm lucky enough that the available charging station isn't broken, I have to install some random charging company app on my phone, pre-pay with a credit card, plug my car in for a couple of hours and then come back and hope it worked.
But that’s still not going to be enough to topple the issue that battery cars are $20,000 more expensive than their ICE counterparts, which is more than the whole budget most people have for a car as it is.
I’m not sure where you are, but this is certainly not true in the US broadly speaking.
$10k might be believable… sort of… but that typically doesn’t factor in total cost of ownership. Current EVs have quite a bit lower total cost of ownership for most use cases.
Regarding prices, I got a model y in 2021. It was comparable in purchase price and specs to a Toyota Highlander hybrid, but cost of ownership is lower and resell value may be higher.
I see a 2024 Nissan Leaf on the website. It doesn't sound like Nissan will leave a gap or immediately discontinue the Leaf.
https://www.thestreet.com/electric-vehicles/teslas-latest-al...
GM also confirmed a second-generation Ultium-based Bolt successor.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44639082/chevrolet-bolt-e...
I don't know why you're fixated on that price point, though.
It's not new, but it is the problem: We need to stop subsidizing ICE cars by letting them dump greenhouse gasses into everyone's atmosephere.
https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/kbb-atp-july-2023...