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minus-squareFireWire400@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 hours agoThe R2 still starts at 50K
minus-squarePieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoR2 45-50k trims don’t actually arrive until next year
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour ago50K is comparable to a similarly sized ICE truck.
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 hours ago*$45K. Either way, there are a lot of people in the US who are paying >$60K for vehicles with internal combustion engines, so I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make
minus-squareDarkaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·8 hours agoHate to be the bearer of bad news but $50k is the current average price for a new car in the US.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoAverage price is a meaningless number. Median price is far lower. You need to look at what people spend, not average Corollas and Rolls Royces.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoMedian price includes used. We’re not talking about a used R2.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoThe R2 starts at $45k, which isn’t a bad price for a luxury SUV. They’re also planning a more affordable R3.
minus-squarepound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoIts not that luxury, the $45k trim. But its a good price for a medium size modern SUV EV
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago“luxury” is a few hundred dollars in farkles suckers pay thousands for.
minus-squareDarkaga@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI think you replied to the wrong person.
The R2 still starts at 50K
R2 45-50k trims don’t actually arrive until next year
50K is comparable to a similarly sized ICE truck.
*$45K. Either way, there are a lot of people in the US who are paying >$60K for vehicles with internal combustion engines, so I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but $50k is the current average price for a new car in the US.
Average price is a meaningless number. Median price is far lower.
You need to look at what people spend, not average Corollas and Rolls Royces.
Median price includes used. We’re not talking about a used R2.
The R2 starts at $45k, which isn’t a bad price for a luxury SUV.
They’re also planning a more affordable R3.
Its not that luxury, the $45k trim. But its a good price for a medium size modern SUV EV
“luxury” is a few hundred dollars in farkles suckers pay thousands for.
I think you replied to the wrong person.