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Originally Posted by Jims5543
...Our i3 was 18K out the door, a 55K+ new car for less than 20K with a warranty and appeared to be brand new.
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That is a deal! CF body... No way they are not selling those at a loss. Using sales to bolster their fleet mileage efficiency, I suspect.
Thing about electrics is that so many want these EV to be something they are not. They want these to be some "planet saving" tech. They are not. That i3 is a great example. -Carbon freaking fiber unibody. The Volt, those sold at a big loss too. I'm not knocking the engineering, nor the buyers. - people are getting some deals! Thing is, these cars can not stand on their own without being subsidized.
Until battery tech makes HUGE strides in energy density the EVs will take more energy than a competitive ICE car. Until then these are an interesting toy. -nothing wrong with toys. It's the preaching about how
clean and wonderfully planet-saving smart these are that annoys me.