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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5239165" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>35% of 340 million is over 100 million people.&nbsp; A lot of those people are in those apartments because they can&#039;t afford to buy a home.&nbsp; High rent keeps them from affording much of anything.&nbsp; You keep sweeping aside all arguments as if they don&#039;t matter but for a lot of people it matters very much.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t have access to a used car that takes all they can to keep it going they&#039;re screwed.&nbsp; You may think the answer is to buy a brand new electric car but they can afford a lot of maintenance on a $5k used car for a very long time rather than struggle to make a high car payment (with interest rates rising to boot).&nbsp; What I&#039;m not getting is why with so few parts compared to ICE vehicles that electric cars are so expensive?&nbsp; Seems like if you don&#039;t have to buy gas then it&#039;s ok to jack up the price.&nbsp; When I can buy a little grocery getter for $15k new I&#039;ll definitely consider an electric car.&nbsp; Looks like someone other than Tesla will fill that niche eventually.&nbsp; Honestly though I&#039;d rather have an electric bike.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5239165, member: 24302"] 35% of 340 million is over 100 million people. A lot of those people are in those apartments because they can't afford to buy a home. High rent keeps them from affording much of anything. You keep sweeping aside all arguments as if they don't matter but for a lot of people it matters very much. If they don't have access to a used car that takes all they can to keep it going they're screwed. You may think the answer is to buy a brand new electric car but they can afford a lot of maintenance on a $5k used car for a very long time rather than struggle to make a high car payment (with interest rates rising to boot). What I'm not getting is why with so few parts compared to ICE vehicles that electric cars are so expensive? Seems like if you don't have to buy gas then it's ok to jack up the price. When I can buy a little grocery getter for $15k new I'll definitely consider an electric car. Looks like someone other than Tesla will fill that niche eventually. Honestly though I'd rather have an electric bike. [/QUOTE]

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