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[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 104 points 8 months ago (3 children)

... with blackjack and hookers.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How much is that option package?

[–] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Aprox $35,000 less than a comparable Tesla.

[–] humancrayon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Take my money.

[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

In fact, forget the EV!

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

With cocaine and AK-47s

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If they don't name it the Adobe they don't have a hair on their ass.

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I can't decide if I like this or the Big Red Viking commercial better.

[–] Mellow12@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

How are your knees? I saw that episode as a kid. Mine make noises when I stand up.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Isn't BYD building factories in Mexico?

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yep, and cant wait to see them here in the US. NAFTA 2.0 says no tariffs

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Still need to pass safety tests and all that stuff

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They haven't had a problem in NZ and Aus.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you're after a small and affordable electric car then you're not exactly in the market for a Tesla anyway. What is this headline?

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

"If you're after a small and affordable electric car then you're not exactly in the market for a Tesla anyway."

That's the point of the headline and article.

since Tesla isn't making the affordable cars they promised to consumers, countries like Mexico are going to make the affordable cars promise to consumers.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

"Musk Says" has to be the biggest reddest of all red flags anyone has ever put up.

He says all sorts of stuff, I'm pretty sure by his schedule we should have colonized mars by now.

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think it was 2029 for the first manned mission, but the rocket that's supposed to be the base for this still only explodes.

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well, he did say he'd put a man on Mars in 10 years... back in 2011.

...And then in 10 years in 2014 (meaning 2024).

...And then in 6 years in 2016 (meaning 2022)

...And then in 6 years again in late 2020 (meaning 2026)

Then we finally end up on his 2029 date back in 2022.

I'm sure I've missed one or two of his suggested landing years, but you get the point. He has no idea of when we'll actually go to Mars, he's just saying what gets him the most publicity.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

Everybody does ; when all voices get equal publicity, there is evolution. When voices that get publicity do so by being put in spotlight by someone looking after their own interest, that evolution stops working.

My opinion is that centralized search engines and centralized social media and in general centralized services must die. I don't know how we are going to do it, but they are fucking the humanity up big time, not even what Mr Hitler and his friends did (despite killing a lot of people, that failed to become mainstream and some kind of immunity emerged), but more like rolling back 200+ years of development of civic nations.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 8 months ago

Tesalsalitos

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 13 points 8 months ago

Good, Elon deserves nothing but the middle finger.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Nice! Hope we'll see it imported into the US too.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Güero Motors introduces its new, ultra-affordable EV for the North American taxi/Uber/Lyft market, the Cab Run.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago

The Shevvie Siva.

[–] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

I'd love that, Tesla is a fucking joke of a company

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Restart the Beetle plant and make an EV version of the original.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Give me like 150-200 miles range and charge ~$20k and I'd buy it. Don't need anything fancy, just something to get to work and back.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Something people don't consider is that lighter cars can have better ranges with smaller batteries. That also means it doesn't take as long to charge the batteries when you stop somewhere for lunch. The Aptera is the only EV that's light enough to get away with pure solar charging for most use cases. An aluminum beetle with solar covering the roof might be close as well.

That would be sick, and I could probably drop my mileage needs to 100-150 if solar charging is effective. I basically just need to get to/from work in the winter, and our winters tend to have pretty clear skies unless there's a storm (in which case I'd WFH).

Some inexpensive options would get more people interested in EVs.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 8 months ago

It might have a shot. It has a large auto industry already. All it needs are batteries and electric motors.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, the US govt will put huge tariffs on them soon enough.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Probably can't do that under NAFTA (or whatever Trump renamed it to).

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You mean like the softwood lumber dispute that's been going on for over 40 years where the US has put illegal tariffs on Canadian softwood exports? The one where they've been found in breach of the agreement multiple times and still haven't fixed it?

Yeah, I'm sure they would never put tariffs on Mexican electric cars to protect their own auto industries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_softwood_lumber_dispute

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

Oh. Well, if we're gonna use facts in this argument...

[–] TOModera@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

USMCA, like I'd you coughed while orgasming.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Good, Tesla sucks.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Pretty sure Hyundai/Kia are coming out with a 20K EV, Citroen EC3 is coming out too. Dacia has had a 20K euro ev for a while but that looked kinda iffy.

VW e-up and Skoda Citigo EVs are a thing too, Fiat 500e but that's kinda expensive

So just invite hyundai/kia into your country?

[–] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 8 months ago

The affordable car act

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bring back the Nova and sell a bundle of some steel wool, rubber bands, and used 9v batteries. Package it all in a cookies tin.

Sell it as a direct competitor to the CyberTruck with all the same features and promises including towing a 911 faster than a 911.