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Originally Posted by sendler
Here is something else to think about. It's not just about dollars and cents. We are wrecking the planet with carbon emissions. You are a complete .1% outlier with your 70 mpg Insight. Most people choose cars that struggle to break 30 mpg. Why wouldn't they. Gas is $2 gallon in the USA. People will never choose to act until they are forced. And you can't MAKE the automaker sell them something they don't want.
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Which is
exactly the point I've been trying to make. If you oversell EVs by making false - or at least not yet provable - claims about range, how long they'll last, long-term maintenance costs, and so on, then you risk a massive backlash when people find out.