• yamanii@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Great news after Tesla cancelled it’s plans for an entry model. Green for me not for thee.

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      6 months ago

      There are some other American brands that have decent EV options now. Hopefully that continues to grow

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        6 months ago

        GM who put out a faulty platform across several brands and gave data to insurers so premiums shot up? Or Ford who can’t build an EV below 50k and are allergic to building something that’s not the size of an armored military vehicle?

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          6 months ago

          What’s the GM faulty platform you’re talking about? Is there a wiki page I could read?

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            6 months ago

            This article is more about their battery problems than their software problems. It does however at least mention the stop sale order due to software glitches. Combine that with the battery problem and well… I’m hoping for a good 2024 but I’m not holding my breath.

            And taxing Chinese EVs before they even come to market, but after they’ve proven themselves in Europe is just so obviously a protectionist move.

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            6 months ago

            I was a victim of what I believe he’s talking about; the chip went haywire and took months to fix on my volt. It was a wide spread problem and they had a few of them in the dealership waiting on the part