• dragontamer@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You are asking for a Prius Prime and/or RAV4 prime.

    Which are super reliable and selling like hotcakes for a reason.

    Push the ‘EV’ button and both Prius Prime and RAV4 prime will drive in electric only mode.

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      9 months ago

      $40k or $51k are actually pretty expensive for a car… i mean, all new cars are insanely expensive nowadays…

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        9 months ago

        Nearest Prius Prime SE 2024 to my house is $34,604.

        Top-hit from Carfax.com.


        I don’t think you’ll find Electric or PHEV at much lower than this in the USA. If you want a cheap daily driver, buy a Chevy Trax or something. ICE is way, way way cheaper still.

        But if you care about electrification, going north of $30k is expected.

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          9 months ago

          there’s a difference between caring about electric and having 30k…

          a lot of people just can’t afford that

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            9 months ago

            Well yeah. I don’t think EVs are for the mass consumer yet. They remain quite expensive and remain unreliable.

            Hybrids, like Toyota Corolla Hybrid, get 50+ mpg and are only $24k. If you can’t afford PHEV or EV, then drop down to the next tier. Hybrids exist for a reason and will have significant emissions saving / carbon emissions reduction compared to a normal car, by simply burning a fraction of the gasoline of a normal car.


            I also don’t believe that we can buy or consumer our way out of this problem. Your actual biggest way to minimize your emissions is to find a bus.

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              9 months ago

              yep, there’s just no way to build cars for everyone without completely destroying the planet…
              we’ve already mostly destroyed it…