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Respondents in some global markets continue to steer away from all-battery electric vehicles in favor of internal combustion engines and hybrids, which could be due, in part, to lingering affordability concerns.





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57 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 7 Jan

Personally, I'm waiting until we get to the ~500 miles per charge before considering electric. Basically my feeling on that number is I would never generally want to drive more than 500 miles in one sitting without a stop anyway....

Neighbors of mine have various EVs but most of them are just stay-at-home moms and/or use their EVs for short work commutes.

My work requires me sometimes to drive 200+ miles to a client site....I'm just not interested being forced to stop to recharge for that....

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Toyota made the right call to focus on hybrids. Having owned both a full EV and a hybrid, if I had to buy one of them again it'd be the hybrid

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In the meantime Rivian's stock (RIVN) went from $12 average to $19. Almost double. Wut?

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