Ford Mustang Mach-E Sales Soar After Discounts, Proving Cheap EVs Are the Way Forward

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The best defense, it seems, is a cheap EV of our own.
No shit. Proving yet again that auto industry executives are complete morons waiting for another bailout.
- Ford didn't need or take a bailout.
  
  They did ask for one from Congress, and when asked during testimony if they requested money from Mexico or China, the response was, "No, We're profitable in those countries."
  But Ford mortgaged their brand instead and came out on top.
From what I can tell, it’s still in the ~$50,000 range.
I don’t really see how that can be considered ’cheap’.
- And it still harvests all your private information to continually make more money off of you
But why is it so ugly?
- Yeah, I don't know why everything is moving toward that ugly crossover form. They're ugly as sin IMO.
  
  It's the carcinization of automobiles. Tall station wagons are simply the most practical shape for cars to be.
  Frankly, the thing that bothers me about the Mustang Mach E isn't the shape, but rather the fact that they desecrated the name of what's supposed to be a low-slung coupe.
  
  I think it's worse than them being ugly. I think the dimensions and visibility for crossovers makes people worse drivers. Massive blind spots, zero rear visibility, huge amounts of body roll in curves, and the danger of rollover are all worse in this body scheme.
  It's so bad that they have to add technology like rear cameras, BLIS, and traction control to attempt to fix it because they can't just make a car with reasonable dimensions and good sight lines.
- The yellow is indeed bad. But it's still one of the better looking EVs...
  
  But why is it so ugly?
I much rather take my old car and pay to have the ICE engine taken out and replaced with a crate EV motor.
- The problem is not the motor (as much) as it is where to put the batteries. Replacing just the gas tank on my tiny Subaru with a battery is not going to give the range I need.
  
  Ya, unfortunately that's the problem. But the majority of people don't need to drive over 100 miles a day and most kits these days are over 100 now.
- That would probably be way more expensive
  
  Well, I have an old Audi TT that's completely paid off. There is a 13k drop in kit for the Mk3 and MK4 VW golf which is the same chassis.
  It's only a little over 100 miles so there is that and I'm going to lose the Quattro, so it's something that needs to be considered.
It looks like a Tonka toy
Fusion capacitor engines from elite dangerous when

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