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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Hertz, that is the reason why. As you've heard, Hertz is dumping thousands of EVs on the used car market, many lightly used, to include EV6s. From what I've seen at Hertz' Used Car website, practically all of them have less than 20,000 miles. Dumping EV6s onto the market has lowered used car...
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    Book of Donald: Trump hawks special ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $60

    From the website: "GodBlessTheUSABible.com uses Donald J. Trump’s name, likeness and image under paid license." It is unclear how much Trump is being paid but he is clearly, per the information on the Bible's website, being paid.
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Yes, because, while the EV6 price did not drop the actual sales price has. In 2022, when you were buying your K5, many dealers had as much as $10K markups on EV6s, due to high demand. I remember the first time I saw an EV6 on a dealer lot, the cars were used and the dealer wanted over MSRP; he...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    I'm sorry, the differences on the EV6 in terms of styling between the Wind and the GT-Line are pretty minor on the outside of the car. It is the difference of a piece of plastic on the bottom of the grill in front, and a bit more paint on the sides and rears (wheel arches and more of the bottom...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    A note of those top 5 EVs that have the largest depreciation, 4 of the 5 had huge price drops. The price dropped on some Tesla models by $30K, which obviously dropped the resale value of those that bought them when they were much more expensive. The Chevy Bolt, bought new, went from $37K, in...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    How often do you really use your AWD? No one said it doesn't use it at all. Instead, if you select Eco mode, when the car doesn't need AWD it doesn't run it -- and basically only if you chose Eco mode. But then, if you accelerate quickly or if you start to lose traction, the front wheels are...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    I'm not seeing a lot that weren't available. It seems mostly to be that they are just named differently, such as the "Smart Cruise Control - Machine Learning (SCC-ML)" vs. "Smart Cruise Control w/ Stop & Go & Machine Learning"; they are the same just different names (and emphasizing the "stop &...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Not really, no. I wasn't trying to say that your use-case wasn't different, I was merely trying to point out that it wouldn't be as big an issue as you believe it would be. As for cars in general, it is easy to create a debate into what is rational. For example, is it rational to buy a luxury...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    But they are fears that are exaggerated by EV opponents. Yes, we need more charging stations for travelers to really make range anxiety go away. As for the battery, it comes with an 8-year, 100,000 mile warranty at a minimum; for Kia that is 10-years and some states require even longer...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    No, I wasn't making assumptions about you, I was clearing up your misconceptions. Your GT-Line has roughly the same features as the EV6 Wind -- you apparently haven't looked closely. Now, you might decide you want to pay $5,000 because you like the look of the GT-Line better but it also gets you...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    As you point out, the comparison isn't the same. I mean, I could point out that we had electric cars a century ago -- so the technology has seen a great deal of improvement in the last century. Just that, since gas engines won out they got more of the research money. At the same time, the...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Yes, I have a good recollection of the ice storms in Texas -- and how I couldn't have gotten gasoline for my ICE vehicle. I also remember people getting stuck on the highways in Texas before a hurricane and running out of gas. I remember after a hurricane not being able to get gasoline (no...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    I think I showed this is false. They are still somewhat more expensive but that gap has narrowed and continues to narrow. Again, for the average cost of what is paid for a new car in the US, there are several EV options that are often better optioned than their ICE equivalent. Range is a...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    Fair enough, though it still isn't quite as crazy as it sounds. First, this is talking about chargers, so 800 chargers might be 8 charging stations with 100 chargers each. Still ambitious but not quite as crazy as it sounds. And before you talk about finding land for that huge charging station...
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    The Triumph of Bidenomics!

    I was interested in a few different EVs, the EV6 originally wasn't that high on my list (I preferred its sister car the Hyundai Ioniq 5). Actually, comparing the two (since I'm familiar with the EV6), your K5 is actually more of a comparison to the EV6 Wind AWD, though even it still seems to...