along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 days agoNissan announces 2026 Leaf pricing, starting at $29,990arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11
arrow-up156arrow-down1external-linkNissan announces 2026 Leaf pricing, starting at $29,990arstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 days agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareBanzai51@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down1·9 days agoThe fact this is the cheapest EV is entirely the problem.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-29 days agoThere are cheaper electric vehicles, but they aren’t really general-purpose analogs to ICE cars. Will work for some use cases, though. There are electric motorcycles and scooters, but they won’t provide protection from weather. https://motoxtasy.com/top-best-street-legal-electric-motorcycles/ There are low-speed, street-legal vehicles known in the EU as Quadricycles and the US as NEVs, but you’re talking about 25 mph, so not suitable for faster than low-speed roads.
minus-squareMidnitte@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days ago There are cheaper electric vehicles, but they aren’t really general-purpose analogs to ICE cars. Will work for some use cases, though. There aren’t cheaper EVs in the US. Elsewhere, that’s a totally different story.
minus-squareGeodad@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 days agoThere are cheaper, but they aren’t allowed to be sold here in the US.
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoWhere’s here? This is the internet, not a country.
The fact this is the cheapest EV is entirely the problem.
There are cheaper electric vehicles, but they aren’t really general-purpose analogs to ICE cars. Will work for some use cases, though.
There are electric motorcycles and scooters, but they won’t provide protection from weather.
https://motoxtasy.com/top-best-street-legal-electric-motorcycles/
There are low-speed, street-legal vehicles known in the EU as Quadricycles and the US as NEVs, but you’re talking about 25 mph, so not suitable for faster than low-speed roads.
There aren’t cheaper EVs in the US.
Elsewhere, that’s a totally different story.
There are cheaper, but they aren’t allowed to be sold
hereWhere’s here? This is the internet, not a country.
Earth, they meant.
Fixed.