<![CDATA[This car costs $8500.]]>This car costs $8500. Not a typo. Less than 10 racks. And you don't have to put gas in it.

But we can't have it in the US, because we'd rather have racism and argue about solved problems like birthright citizenship, and should Black people be allowed to vote.

So you get Cybertrucks instead. Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZqRnLp_htE

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/10bc7ca4-6917-4a06-aeec-c7cc6c8be97c/this-car-costs-8500.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 03:08:26 GMTWed, 01 Apr 2026 11:10:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:12:41 GMT]]>@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io chinese evs are seriously impressive

specs are on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery_QQ3#Third_generation_(2026)

it's definitely small by US standards, but not unprecedented being about the same size as a mini clubman or mitsubishi mirage

it would probably need some changes to meet US safety standards but i think chinese safety standards aren't that bad now so maybe it wouldn't need much. only other problem i see is that the 78 mph top speed would probably need to be increased but that probably wouldn't be too hard

too bad we'll never get anything like this, just a bunch of oversized, ludicrously expensive SUV EVs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://not.an.evilcyberhacker.net/notes/akjxgwn9vanf0137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://not.an.evilcyberhacker.net/notes/akjxgwn9vanf0137Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:12:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:34:10 GMT]]>@riley @Lightfighter @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke
Because corporations want you to be in perpetual debt.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Red_Shirt_no2/statuses/116330650054221009https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Red_Shirt_no2/statuses/116330650054221009Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:34:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:50:27 GMT]]>@sidereal @jonshell @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke Sure. I even said that.

I just don't want to see EV maintenance oversold as nothing more than "tyres, wipers, air filters and wiper fluid". There's going to be other things, some of them much more expensive than the above list.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116330478173906672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116330478173906672Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:50:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:43:39 GMT]]>@jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke substantial subsidies by the Chinese govt. But the US govt has also greatly subsidized manufacturing over the years, like bailing them out in 2009.

I wouldn't be terribly upset if the govt of China wants to pay for half of my EV, if I can get one of the 50k that will be imported to Canada with a low 7% tarrif. That seems like a good deal for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johnefrancis/statuses/116330451416338653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/johnefrancis/statuses/116330451416338653Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:43:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:29:18 GMT]]>@RnDanger @cascheranno Right. It's highly taxed (130% import tax, if I'm not wrong). But the majority of the cost comes from the fact that you need a 'certificate of entitlement', which is a permit to drive the car that is valid for 10 years.

In order to control the number of cars on the roads, they only issue a certain number of these certificates every month, and they are auctioned off so the cost depends on demand.

The current prices can be found here: https://www.motorist.sg/coe-results

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/loke/statuses/116330394994014380https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/loke/statuses/116330394994014380Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:29:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:18:41 GMT]]>@jonshell @sidereal @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke The amount of money I've spent on the suspension on my (non-EV) car over the last few years, I suspect you're going to get surprised at some point.

You might not need to deal with an internal combustion engine, but there's a whole load of things that *aren't* the engine to go wrong, too.

I'm sure the EV is still cheaper overall, but you're missing some fairly major things from your list of stuff that's going to need work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116330353245399810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116330353245399810Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:18:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:16:54 GMT]]>@donaldball @nirak @mekkaokereke Oh... How so?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/theron29/statuses/116330346248822226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/theron29/statuses/116330346248822226Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:16:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:16:04 GMT]]>@theron29 @nirak @mekkaokereke Weird choice to focus on xenophobia rather than privacy as a general precept

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/donaldball/statuses/116330342942376865https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://triangletoot.party/users/donaldball/statuses/116330342942376865Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:16:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:11:52 GMT]]>@cascheranno @loke
Singapore is too densely populated for cars so they tax them

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116330326402024964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116330326402024964Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:11:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:46:39 GMT]]>@mekkaokereke We need to drive a tank, otherwise we’ll be killed by a bad guy driving a tank! Also, what if we accidentally drive through a Black neighborhood?!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/bcasiello/statuses/116330227271302517https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/bcasiello/statuses/116330227271302517Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:46:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:37:36 GMT]]>@advicepig same. Trust my family mechanic to do tires.

He’s old school but no fool. He’s seeing people switch to EVs and then he doesn’t see them again except for tires.

Used to see him all the time for the Camry. Oil every 6k. Timing belts. Brake rotors. Oil leaks. Muffler. Now we go over there to take him banana bread and shoot the breeze. He knows his business is changing, same as my Dad who had a film processing shop. Digital came and he just smiled and retired.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/jonshell/statuses/116330191654597118https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/jonshell/statuses/116330191654597118Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:37:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:32:12 GMT]]>@loke 170,000? Why such a leap in price? Or what am I (USA) missing/misunderstanding? What causes approx 8x the price?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cascheranno/statuses/116330170445608597https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/cascheranno/statuses/116330170445608597Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:32:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:24:04 GMT]]>@jonshell Also, didn't need the rotation because I got new all weather tires two weeks prior

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/advicepig/statuses/116330138455514115https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/advicepig/statuses/116330138455514115Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:24:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:23:33 GMT]]>@jonshell I skipped our this year after I chatted with the dealer about what was in the maintenance. The only useful things were tire rotation/alignment and brake inspection, but I'll have my neighborhood shop do that for way less.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/advicepig/statuses/116330136460711390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/advicepig/statuses/116330136460711390Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:23:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:22:04 GMT]]>@jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke the same car in Singapore costs over 170000 SGD (that's 4.3 million baht).

That's considered pretty cheap by the way, and I'll probably get a BYD when it's time to change car.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/loke/statuses/116330130604682841https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/loke/statuses/116330130604682841Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:22:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:11:40 GMT]]>@riley @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

I know that when I talk to the average American they proudly proclaim they don't give a shit about climate change.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116330089686958768https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116330089686958768Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:11:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:10:46 GMT]]>@HakeemG Er, do you not know the story about the lobbying effort that went into making "SUVs" a legally induced thing?

@jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/riley/statuses/116330086194758900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/riley/statuses/116330086194758900Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:10:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:59:26 GMT]]>@mekkaokereke let me remind you that the Cybertruck features a carrot chopping and pealing feature the byd does not.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFloLGmPKl0&pp=ygUZY3liZXJ0cnVjayBhZGFtIHNvbWV0aGluZ9IHCQnZCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116330041634146718https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116330041634146718Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:59:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:57:05 GMT]]>@riley @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

Big oil only did so much, the average American doesn't care about climate change and did very little to push for greener technology. Just look at the gas guzzlers most people drive.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116330032366854174https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116330032366854174Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:57:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:56:01 GMT]]>@jonshell @sidereal @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke

"How is it that this story is not making it into the news?"

Indeed, my friend. Indeed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/johnzajac/statuses/116330028139135221https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/johnzajac/statuses/116330028139135221Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:56:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:11:47 GMT]]>@sidereal @robloblaw @johne @jeffmcneill @mekkaokereke this is the thing that somehow doesn’t make it into the media narratives.

Being an EV driver I make a point of talking to EV drivers.

The response is always“my EV needs no maintenance”. Sure, tires, wipers, cabin air filters and wiper fluid but that’s it.

Took my VW in for a “service inspection”. Service desk person says “EVs don’t need servicing. This is a formality”.

How is it that this story is not making it into the news?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/jonshell/statuses/116329854259134543https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/jonshell/statuses/116329854259134543Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:11:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:05:01 GMT]]>@theron29 all very well, but the original context was the US
@sillyCoelophysis @nirak @mekkaokereke

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Tattie/statuses/116329827602944329https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Tattie/statuses/116329827602944329Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:05:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:42:19 GMT]]>@Tattie @sillyCoelophysis @nirak @mekkaokereke Oh but the difference is brutally huge for me!

(I'm from the 🇪🇺 ‼️ 🤨)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/theron29/statuses/116329738354257186https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://witter.cz/users/theron29/statuses/116329738354257186Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:42:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This car costs $8500. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:39:57 GMT]]>@sillyCoelophysis I feel like the "I don't want my data held by an authoritarian regime" argument made sense once, but these days there's no difference between China, the US, and the UK. Those still using the argument from habit need to think that thru.
@theron29 @nirak @mekkaokereke

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Tattie/statuses/116329729056389503https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/Tattie/statuses/116329729056389503Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:39:57 GMT