Some may even say that sales have been elongated
Don’t buy the current fascist’s car. Buy the formerly fascist People’s Car.
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I’m on that edge myself. Any advice for those looking to go electric?
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There are plenty of used EVs but if you don’t have a way to charge at home or roatrip a lot make sure to stay away from cars that charge slowly. Check the recall history and make sure all the fixes have been applied
Pay attention to the weather-based range variation. Some EVs only get about half of their listed range in cold winter temps.
I picked up a former corporate lease EV used for really cheap after the $4000 federal used EV tax rebate.
I can tell you why I bought one, $12500 in rebates were taken off the msrp, and those rebates started in Jan. I’m hoping I also get the govt 7500 ev tax credit.
Software sucks, but they’re reasonably decent EVs. You get a few years of deeply discounted fast-charging, and they still qualify for the tax breaks. Plus, their TN workers voted to unionize last year.
Oh yeah, they’re also not the-car-that-shall-not-be-named.
Not that swasticar, this swasticar.
To be fair, VW is a company that had ties to fascism during WW2, if you buy a Tesla today, you’re putting money in the pocket of fascism. There’s definitely a difference.
I watched a documentary on this and IIRC the company was basically about to be shutdown after the war but got external investment and a whole new leadership team. Keeping the factories open revived the German economy and stopped them slipping into another fascist regime.
I think the winning countries learned their lesson after WW1.
Also just to add, mainly because it’s so interesting, that a lot of current existing companies participated in the holocaust, including US ones like Ford: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust
