It’s a conundrum: Driving an electric vehicle would be the next logical step in taking on an individual duty to lighten our family’s carbon footprint, but the average value of $66,000 for such a vehicle makes it a luxury item because of our success or our preference for spending.
That’s why I’m among the growing number of Americans who need their next vehicle to purchase an electric vehicle, but realize it may not happen anytime soon. For now, a 2017 Toyota Tacoma made in San Antonio will remain my number one. means of transportation when my motorcycle would possibly not be enough.
I’m not alone. The truth is, electric cars are too expensive for peak consumers, even with a $7,500 federal subsidy included in the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Biden last week. Even electric cars with diversity and limited battery characteristics are much more expensive than their gasoline-powered counterparts.
For consumers who are in a position and to buy electricity, the source cannot meet the demand. And indeed, there is a developing demand, as anyone on the roads can attest with Tesla Model 3. This so-called affordable styling from Tesla starts at $46,990, however, a style fully charged with the long-range battery costs $72,490, while the Model S luxury sedan costs more than $100,000, according to car site Electrek.
According to my own online research, the most affordable electric cars have long waiting lists. Ford, for example, responded to my interest (for the sake of this column) in buying a 2022 Mustang Mach-E ($48,775) by stating that it no longer accepts orders and deposits, as the call is too late. I asked to upload my call to the waiting list for the 2023 model, which has not yet come out.
Experts now seem to agree: the switch from manufacturers to electric vehicle production will take place faster than expected, and the development of customer demand will outpace the source for the foreseeable future. Until the market matures and develops considerably, generation and commercialization will be more successful luxury models.
Toyota announced plans in 2020 to begin production of its full-size Sequoia SUV in San Antonio through this year, but the San Antonio Business Journal reported in May that the company now plans to produce an all-electric Sequoia here this year. The 2022 Sequoia priced between $50,500 and $69,775, according to the Kelley Blue Book, so the EV style will likely surpass that, adding style to the market aimed at affluent consumers.
Navistar’s new advertising truck production plant in Southside, which opened in May, will produce diesel and vehicles.
Both advances underscore San Antonio’s interest in developing its high-tech production industry and work base, as near Austin is Tesla’s new gigafactory and a battery production plant that, combined, will charge more than 10,000 smart tasks for that city’s economy.
I am less convinced that the return of the DeLorean logo to the automotive production sector with its corporate team in San Antonio will be a success. The company’s founders are being sued through Karma Automotive, their former employer, for allegedly stealing with intellectual assets. key to your new business, a story first reported through LAW360. Such lawsuits in the area of technology, where code and design can be valuable fortunes, are not uncommon, however, litigation obscures the viability of the startup.
As San Antonio’s economic progress leaders try to expand the sector, individual consumers are looking for deals and expecting more production of smaller, electric cars designed for urban travel. With increasing congestion, deteriorating air quality, and the consensus that the city wants to do more to reduce greenhouse fuel emissions, many of us in San Antonio feel compelled, if not impatient, to move from paying at the pump to plugging in and charging at home.
The largest source of greenhouse fuel emissions in the U. S. In the U. S. , about 27 percent of the total comes from the 250 million fuel-intensive cars on the roads. we can take global warming mitigation and worsening extreme weather seriously.