• krigo666@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    There are already affordable EVs in Europe, as an example the Dacia Spring which has the same 230km autonomy and even lower price (18-19.000€ retail final price to consumer in Portugal which has high taxes on new vehicles).

    Not as snazzy looking though, that’s what’s really important! /s

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      2 days ago

      Not as snazzy looking though

      I doubt the production version will look that snazzy, I bet it’ll end up being much taller and look more like this: 1000004894

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          2 days ago

          I really don’t mind it, having driven a Tesla for a year it wasn’t bad at all.

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            Well I drive a heavily touch-screenified car, and I hate it. Have had the damn thing for almost a year but I still get nervous when I have to adjust the A/C.

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              2 days ago

              Understandable, most car companies have garbage software (the Yaris I drive now included). Tesla is just leagues ahead at this point and I hope VW is gonna improve a lot looking at their mockups

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          2 days ago

          Dacia is a small Romanian brand with a single plant, so learning that some are rebranded Renaults from China is quite surprising.

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            2 days ago

            It might also surprise you to learn that Dacia is actually a large French conglomerate.

            They’ve been fully owned by Renault for more than two decades.