This car costs $8500. Not a typo. Less than 10 racks. And you don't have to put gas in it.

But we can't have it in the US, because we'd rather have racism and argue about solved problems like birthright citizenship, and should Black people be allowed to vote.

So you get Cybertrucks instead. Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqRnLp_htE

All New 2026 Chery QQ3 EV FirstLook

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@mekkaokereke My BYD Dolphin cost 569,000 Thai Baht. That is around 17,500 USD. It is a compact car (not subcompact) and it is a joy to drive. Why does a decent electric car cost nearly twice that in the US? Clearly they've lost the plot.

@jeffmcneill AFAIU, the Big Oil fought against electric cars in USA so long that in the end, electric cars only managed to break into the luxury cars' market segment there.

@mekkaokereke

@riley @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke Banning the import of Chinese EV's for the past decade and choices made by domestic manufactures made it so there are no cheap options.
@riley @Lightfighter @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke
Because corporations want you to be in perpetual debt.

@Red_Shirt_no2 @riley @Lightfighter @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

I read one economic analysis of the USA economy in the mid-2010's, that had the conclusion that without the 25-year mortgage, the USA economy would collapse.

It's one of the reasons that the cartels in the construction industry keep banning technology that would make construction cheaper and last longer.

@BillySmith For the 'wrong people might get rich, and wrong people might get poor' values of 'economic collapse', though.

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@riley @Red_Shirt_no2 @Lightfighter @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

It's not just that.

It's that large parts of the industry would shut down, as they wouldn't be needed...

Vinay Gupta did an excellent talk where this was one of the themes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BORHRKg-VoI

Vinay Gupta l Plausible utopias | Meaning 2012

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@BillySmith @riley @Red_Shirt_no2 @Lightfighter @mekkaokereke This is nonsense, the financial class avoids trillions in taxes and wastes trillions in dodgy "investments". Protectionism is only good for those who most directly benefit from it.