this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 8 points 2 years ago

One common meme about the future is that you'll rent everything and own nothing. However, given the monthly costs of owning a car and paying back its purchase price - €100 a month (approx $110) seems like a bargain.

The bottleneck here is that the cars have to be French manufactured, and demand is outstripping supply. Chinese firm BYD is selling its Seagull car for $11,000.

I suspect if European and American millennials could live in a world where they could lease cars for €100 a month or buy utilitarian vehicles for $11k, the existing car industry would start to collapse.

[–] BumbleBeeButt@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

I dream of a utilitarian vehicle that is affordable. Don't need bullshit touch screen heater.