You seem so certain of that, but the numbers don’t add up when I run them.

The car I’m driving is 25 years old

How much does it cost to import?

Used EVs are looking like not as good a deal as used ICE vehicles due to the battery replacement costs.

Modular interior options would be great

What are your initial impressions regarding the Mach-E compared to other EV options?

I can’t believe that none of these car companies believe that most people don’t like the large computer monitor mounted to their dashboard. It looks like shit. It’s distracting. It doesn’t work for the use case better than other options.

Why is lease financing strange here?

The study shows that this strategy is only half effective.

I don’t think their research is in conflict with your perception here.

“The study found that just having a first-class section on an airplane quadrupled the chance of an air rage incident and that loading economy passengers through first class doubles that again.”

The whole experience is shit and having a first class section makes it even worse psychologically.

https://paultan.org/image/2024/09/MyZEVA-top-10-EVs-July-2024.jpg

I want to thank you for your reply. Hearing about someone like you and your attempt to improve your community and the world I the ways you can is so uplifting!

People are social (even the introverts) and the return on in person, deep social interaction is another reason it’s important to fight the allure of convenience of online media being ones primary and most influencial social interaction. I love that you’re doing it!

It has the potential to be a primary vehicle for most people.

After 100% tarrif, it might still be competitive with the lackluster options in the lower end of EV in the US.

Rather than take a defeatist veiw from this line if thinking, it will do well for your mental health to first spend more time, energy and thoughts on things you can control. Not just things related to environmentalism, but broadly reduce energy, engagement and focus from the things you don’t have significant control over and direct them to those things you do have control. It’s good to get a broad picture and observe the world around you outside of your control in small doses, but it’s easy to over indulge in an unfocused survey of problems in the world, especially on social media. (I include Lemmy communities in the social media category).

Furthermore, when you do engage with these problems, do so with more narrow focus and in more depth with an eye towards understanding the level of impact the problem has and what organizations or policy positions you can support to amplify your limited influence over the issues that causee the problem. In this way you can mitigate the feelings of helplessness and sense of there being many existential and imminent problems you need to contend with but cannot remedy. You can turn seemingly untouchable solutions into real possibilities without overwhelming your emotional capacity by working with others.

I am not happy now.

So directly, absolutely not.

Indirectly, probably.

Do you think that prison labor and undocumented workers are a significant portion of the labor used to produce EVs in the USA?