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Canada faces declining EV interest, report shows, despite push to boost sales (globalnews.ca)
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The data found about 68 per cent of car shoppers in 2022 who did not own an EV showed an intent to purchase one, but that dropped to 56 per cent this year.

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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fucken' this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not? Give me a cheap screen as the backup camera and don't make me put my fingers on it while driving, and give me potentiometer controls for everything else!

Give me an EV car that makes me feel just a little better than being out in the cold for cheap and I'm sold.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    If they made a little EV pickup with a 2 seater cab, 6ft bed, basic backup camera and a 200 mile range for 20k, I'd buy one tomorrow.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This, an electric Ranger is 10x more useful than a crew cab Ram with a 4 foot box, super nova headlights and a 12L V8 un-tuned diesel.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There used to be an Electric Ranger, but the snag was that the range was so low that it was only sold for institutional / commercial campus use -- I think it had a 60 mile range, and took overnight to charge.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are inexpensive EVs...BYD makes some decent low cost EVs. They're already in use as taxis in Montreal and IKEA delivery in Vancouver. The consumer versions are apparently coming in Canada... Just not yet. They are avail in Australia already and in Europe too.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Fucken’ this! Why does every new car have to have a media tablet on it, EV or not?

    Because it's cheaper. They only have to run one wire, one time, to one device, instead of having a myriad of wires and control boards.

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