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		minebreaker 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hyundai just launched its cheapest EV in Japan Obviously you don't understand the Japanese market. College graduates earn ¥2,160,000 in average in their first year. So yeah, $18,000 is not cheap at all. As I said you can buy a brand new Suzuki Spacia for ¥1,500,000, and it's not a random car from a random brand. Suzuki is much popular than Nissan or Subaru in Japan. Yes, it's an ICE car but if you think Japanese will pay extra money just because it's EV that is the huge mistake.

jader201 12 months ago [–]

Yeah, fair point, I’m completely just talking US market here.

I’m assuming this would go for the same price ($18k) in the US, where that would be a very good price for an EV.

I would love to see an EV in the US for sub-$20k.

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