Poor people can’t afford new cars of any kind. What they need are more EV cars getting into the used market. And more mandates for apartments and businesses to provide overnight A/C charging outlets.
That only gets you some of the way there. The next hurdle is that a lot of low income housing is street parking only that isn't always reserved for the owner. So this is an awkward situation where we will probably also need residential streets to come with either city paid for charging or a change in zoning so that owners can reserve the spots in front of their house and install chargers.
> need residential streets to come with either city paid for charging or a change in zoning so that owners can reserve the spots in front of their house and install chargers
Which I'm sure will work great in those neighborhoods.
Except at least one car company wants people to only have the option to lease their electric cars and turn them back in at the end of the lease. If this cash grab attempt becomes the trend…
Can poor people afford to maintain either hybrid or electric? What's the third party repair market? There is no right to repair a Tesla or anything using that business model.
