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"In short, Detroit is drifting further and further from the starter car, while factories in China are specializing in it. Just don’t expect the latter to solve for the former anytime soon."
There is a bit of union blaming in the article, but it is an overall good article. Basically import taxes, tariffs, and anti-Chinese political sentiment prevent us from having sub $20k EV car.
Well, not that those aren't useful in some capacity, there's the question of hauling groceries and such home, not to mention we need protection from the elements with increasingly brutal summers, and also violent thunderstorms. There's the question of these things being able to trek through deep snow too, to consider.
I guess you could just fit it with baskets and wear a big backpack... but honestly, how far down the hole do we have to go here?
Carbrain from a hexbear, for shame.
I'll start you on some basic NotJustBikes
Groceries
Snow
Ok I'm gonna start a struggle session here. Bikes aren't practical in America atleast atm because:
We're not a perfectly flat glorified city state like the Netherlands
Certain subcultures in the US will literally try to kill you with their car if they see you riding a bike on the road.
Bikeseats are uncomfortable.
I mean, you have a point. Americna infrastructure is wildly hostile to bikes in most places. In my area bikes go on the sidewalk as a mater of course or someone will make it weird. So then you have deal with poorly maintained sidewalks.