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The data found about 68 per cent of car shoppers in 2022 who did not own an EV showed an intent to purchase one, but that dropped to 56 per cent this year.

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[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Make some dashboards that aren't a touchscreen cluster fuck

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Fucken' this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not? Give me a cheap screen as the backup camera and don't make me put my fingers on it while driving, and give me potentiometer controls for everything else!

Give me an EV car that makes me feel just a little better than being out in the cold for cheap and I'm sold.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

If they made a little EV pickup with a 2 seater cab, 6ft bed, basic backup camera and a 200 mile range for 20k, I'd buy one tomorrow.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This, an electric Ranger is 10x more useful than a crew cab Ram with a 4 foot box, super nova headlights and a 12L V8 un-tuned diesel.

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There used to be an Electric Ranger, but the snag was that the range was so low that it was only sold for institutional / commercial campus use -- I think it had a 60 mile range, and took overnight to charge.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh man, that's what I want! My commute is 30 miles round trip and it's shift work so there is at least 10hrs of charging time between commutes.

[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Pick up a 10 year old Tesla -- they're cheap and they have lots of battery life for short commutes.

[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

There was a rumor GM is making the LUV truck but electric. I'm not a bowtie person anymore but I would have a downpayment on one in a heartbeat.

[–] WilfordGrimley@linux.community 5 points 11 months ago

It's because it's the easiest way for car manufacturers to harvest and sell your data to third parties.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Fucken’ this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not?

Because it's cheaper. They only have to run one wire, one time, to one device, instead of having a myriad of wires and control boards.