Damning new report finds nearly all major car companies are actively sabotaging world's efforts to avoid catastrophic global warming, and Japan companies are the worst.
    • Sippy Cup@lemmy.world
      2 years

      The margins are thinner. There’s almost no resale value. Someone might buy a 60k car and eat the payments for a few years, knowing that they can sell it any time for a decent price.

      Buying a 60k EV is more like setting your money on fire. The car might be fine, great even, but it just won’t hold it’s value.

      • Maggoty@lemmy.world
        2 years

        Those are reasons people don’t want to buy EVs, not reasons for companies to sabotage the change over.

    • TassieTosser@aussie.zone
      2 years

      I know Toyota is still ragging on EVs because they invested a lot into hydrogen tech and want that to be the next big thing instead. But I didn’t know Honda, Mazda and Suzuki also under-invested.