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Tesla’s slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids.

No, electric vehicle sales aren’t dropping. Here’s what’s really going on::Tesla has been slashing prices. Ford just cut the price of its Mustang Mach-E, too, plus it cut back production of its electric pickup. And General Motors is thinking about bringing back plug-in hybrids, arguably a step back from EVs.

  • SkyNTP@lemmy.mlEnglish
    28·
    9 months ago

    My next car purchase if at all, will be some plugin electric (full or hybrid). The only reason I haven’t purchased it yet is because the form factor I am looking for in a car hasn’t been made in a plug in variety yet.

    Also the stories about constant surveillance and tracking, and the push for shit-tier infotainment when I already have one in my pocket (phone) are not helping either.

    Just make a dumb battery on wheels, already.

    • mctoasterson@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      This is a concern for me also. Tesla is the Apple of car companies: hipster-centric, proprietary everything, overpriced, and really bad from a privacy perspective.

      I was looking at Toyotas as I hear they are reliable and have PHEV and other options, but supposedly their data privacy is also extremely poor.

      I don’t need a lot of the “smart” features of modern cars. I don’t need my car phoning the mother ship with it’s precise location and other metadata every 3/5 of a second.

      I only want a rock solid drive train, basic usable control interface, a radio and maybe a USB port to play my own MP3s. Don’t need apps or even navigation. I feel like most EVs are very centered on bell and whistle features and their cost is greatly inflated because of it.

      • GreatAlbatrossAEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Personally, I’m keen to see if the proverbial doors get blown off the first few gens of electric cars, and the FOSS community makes headway.
        I would happily buy an old Leaf if I knew we could handle all the software ourselves, and just do battery swaps when the range wasn’t enough any more.

        • bitwyze@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          Automotive software is a regulated industry. No government is going to let John Doe off the street flash custom firmware onto a car and allow it on the road.

    • vladmech@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Super just curious, what kind of form factor are you looking for? Any upcoming releases that match it?