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Broke AF people are still buying ridiculously expensive new trucks, I don't think this will be as much of a problem as you are thinking. Also, some EVs can be downright cheap if you qualify for incentives. It was theoretically possible to get a Bolt for like $3000 after government incentives in certain states before Chevy stopped making them.

https://youtu.be/uxoRrdE9efk?t=355

Plus, China's middle class has been gobbling up the BYD Qin and Song EVs.



You can buy a used bolt with maybe 20,000 miles on it for about $18k. If you're in certain counties in California you can get a couple of grand worth of incentives towards that.


How can someone who is broke buy a vehicle? If they can afford a large purchase, they are by definition not broke.


Oh you sweet summer child.


Do you care to formulate an explanation, rather than repeat a trite saying of no substance?


The answer, as always, is debt.


How can you afford to take on that kind of debt if you are broke? Your car will be taken back from you when you fail to pay the bills.




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