Back on EVs vs tools and other toys.
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Originally Posted by pont3
And I'll say this again. The goal of the EVs was to purposefully create high priced vehicles so that the lesser people would eventually follow the TRENDS of the RICH folks. Remember when even the lowest earners aspired to own a Cadillac, or Lexus, or Mercedes?
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In many small towns I have visited, it is exactly as you have posted as far as the "One-UP the Neighbors". Example: owning a Lexus in Emporia, Kansas.
A regular F-150 Lightning is $50,000+ these days.
Honestly, how many people can afford to purchase a $50,000 to $80,000
vehicle these days who have a regular job?
Ford quoted a price for the Electric vehicle initially at $39,974 to purchase
(May 2021). The commercial version is over $55,000 now.
They also have sold less than 20,000 vehicles.
Again I would not worry to much about EV vehicles in the next 15 years.
How many VOLTs did GM sell????
Tom V.