I bought my first new car in 1999 only two years out of college for about $20k.
In 1999.
$18k today for an electric car is far from “not cheap at all”.
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Cheapest car with 4 wheels in Japan is like $6300. That price range is something like $23k in US. Average wages in Japan has literally flatlined since like 1995.
It's not like this car is equivalent of 4x18k in local currency, but not that far from it.
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.
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.