Good, we should not continue to subsidize profits for private companies. Nobody that is actually in a place that NEEDS help buying a car will ever be in the market for a NEW car nevermind an EV, all these tax credits do is help well to do people justify buying a new car. If EVs can’t sell without the big credit, their not ready for the market anyways.
In a world where everyone else in an NPC, everything lines up to prevent me from getting the nice thing I want within a short time of saving, yet again.
Y’all I don’t think this is the good place, and it sure ain’t earth
Well no shit he’s going to kill the tax credit. What did Musk think he was going to do? He’ll probably kill off the space program too.
It’s profit margin
7.5k on a 30k EV is huge, and would lead to lots of sales.
No one stupid enough to pay 110k for a cyber shit will car about a 7.5k tax credit.
So Tesla might take a little hit, but it’s a huge disadvantage for affordable EVs
Tesla could have pursued an affordable model, but instead Elon pushed the robotaxi, and Elon said there was no need for an affordable Tesla model. If we assume that he actually expects to release the robotaxi at some point, and that he actually thinks it’s important for anything other than trying to pump up stock, then it certainly looks like his plans are more focused on fleet sales than trying to sell to consumers. Making cars less affordable across the board (and slashing any funding for public transportation) only helps that business model.
Lots of people will never buy a Tesla, but when you order an Uber and that shitshow appears, you can only cancel so many times before the app gets mad at you for it.
Human drivers was always a temporary thing for those apps, they’ll keep squeezing human drivers so they don’t have to pay maintenance on vehicles, but the second Muskmobiles becomes popular, there goes the closest thing to a job that’s been keeping a lot of people afloat.
There’s going to be a real negative effect when those disappear, even tho they’re barely jobs to begin with.
Musk LOVED that tax credit until he used it all up, now wants to deny other automakers the subsidy that saved his ass again and again.
…Tesla - by far the nation’s biggest EV maker - have told a Trump-transition committee they support ending the subsidy…Elon Musk, one of Trump’s biggest backers and the world’s richest person, said in July that killing the subsidy might slightly hurt Tesla sales but would be “devastating” to its U.S. EV competitors, which include legacy automakers such as General Motors.
Jesus. So much for the idea that Tesla is working to accelerate the transition from ICE vehicles to EVs.
I will never buy a fucking Tesla. Ever. I would buy a Chevrolet Equinox EV, and I encourage anyone who is in the market for a new vehicle to buy one before the tax credit goes away.
Are Teslas cheaper than the others?
That quote by Trump’s newest Oversight Member PROVES that there’s NOTHING Swampy going on in Trump’s Government!
Don’t discount the other autos lobbyists. Some have invested heavily in new factories being built and have many more workers in the US combined. Not to mention they can keep selling gas guzzlers till we burn the planet.
My wife got the ID.4 it’s legitimately the nicest car either of us have ever owned.
After driving several Chevy vehicles over the years, I’d never buy one myself. Would definitely not trust them to make a good EV.
I feel like these companies have the real nerds who know what they’re doing working on the EVs. I have nothing to back that up with though.
I’ll honestly buy a Toyota, Honda or Hyundai before I ever buy a GM.
The first two are built here in North America and give jobs directly to my friends.
GM and fuck off an die. They’ve turned out turds for 30 years now and don’t deserve to be helped to stay afloat.
The only legacy NA car manufacturer I’d consider is Ford.
Chevy volt was and is still a great car. 2000s Chevy trucks are amazing. The Cruze is a steaming pile, the bolt had a battery problem but the ones that got free replacements are doing great, can’t think of any other major issues with Chevy tbh.
Saying you’d only buy a Ford is crazy work and just shows you really aren’t super informed about cars at all. The focus, the edge, the escape, the ecosport are all dogshit. Certainly not better than gm.
Neither of them are Honda status, but the dud of the 3 domestic manufacturers is stellantis save for ram 1 ton trucks.
The Prologue and Equinox are a joint venture between Honda and Chevrolet!
As a Canadian I would never buy a GM product because of the shit they pulled after 2008.
My Chevy Volt is great and was one of the best reviewed hybrids. Still untouched on battery range, I think. And GM’s battery management system is top notch. Heater in my volt is shit unless I’m running ICE, though.
Wouldn’t buy a GMC, but Chevy has never really done me wrong. Cadillac seems overpriced for a rebadged Chevy.
Ford’s got good stuff but I’ve never really owned one since the Escort. Guess I might if they ever transition me from contractor to full employee.
Chrysler… has a van. Guess it’s been fine but I’ll personally never get another one.
Probably never buy a Japanese car unless those plants are staffed by UAW. I hear they are good but I’ve never been in one that seemed any better than an American car.
I would never, ever buy a fucking Hyundai. I’ve been in two and they were the most cheap pieces of garbage I’ve ever seen. But I guess they were cheap pieces of garbage. They might’ve gotten better since I was only in the first couple of model years.
Wouldn’t buy a GMC but Chevy is ok? The money goes in the same pocket buddy, they’re the same cars with different badges!
I don’t think there were rebadges of the Volt or Bolt. Don’t recall one of the Cavalier. None of the Sonic. I honestly didn’t know until I just looked it up that they rebadged the Equinox to the Terrain, else I’d have said the stuff they felt was worth rebadging was just not great stuff. I won’t say the Equinox was a blast to drive, but that thing was a workhorse that got the job done for about 12 years.
The old Blazer and Jimmy I wasn’t a fan of.
But these days, their line of SUVs is pretty good and those all get rebadges, but my opinion of GMC has been settled for about 20 years.
Next new car I’m eyeing is the EV Equinox. Needs a better heater than the Volt, though.
Give me a 1993 escort manual wagon again right meow pls
The fuck? I drove a mid-80’s Escort wagon. I raced against my friend’s Chevette once. Pedal to the metal and we still haven’t made it past 40mph.
I was just trying to think of models that are eligible for the maximum $7,500 tax credit, and that are relatively affordable. There are lots of great EVs out there from several different manufacturers.
Edit: I will mention, though, the Equinox EV looks like it’s a pretty good car, for the price. Car and Driver rated it 8.5/10.
1000% agree GM is always a no buy.
Good, fuck cars.
Don’t kid yourself… Project 2025 removes nearly all federal funding to alternative transport modes in place direct proportional funding by state, and the only thing that 95% of State DoTs know how to do is build and widen roads.
Implying cars will be affordable after tariffs. Cars from the past ten years are unreliable as hell. Everything before that is getting ran into the ground. Most people are priced out of the new car market.
If there’s no alternative transport, people will be forced to buy cars at any price, preferably with a predatory loan. I don’t think making cars more expensive is going to have the effect of making everyone cyclists if there’s no investment in infrastructure to enable this.
