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   Jake Hildreth (acorn) :blacker_heart_outline: (horse@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 00:38:32 JST Jake Hildreth (acorn) :blacker_heart_outline:

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   @max @dlakelan @ZachWeinersmith The new Prius looks cool tho

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     Max (max@smeap.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 00:38:33 JST Max

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     @dlakelan @ZachWeinersmith Hybrids are up in sales but mostly the only company selling hybrids now is Toyota (again), late to the EV party, and mostly just meaning that Prius is having a good year again (back to pre-Tesla numbers almost, to my understanding) despite looking out of date and Toyota best almost EV in years where they don’t have good EVs but are still a trusted US brand. Old marketing momentum

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     Daniel Lakeland (dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 00:38:35 JST Daniel Lakeland

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     @ZachWeinersmith
     It's possible the "and hybrids" is doing a lot of the heavy lifting there?

     I know Chevy decided to cancel the Bolt, then maybe reversed? I'm not sure the current status. Tesla has all sorts of major design flaws. The Kia vehicles seem really good. My guess is people are less likely to pay up front premiums for EV when having issues with inflation sucking down their wealth.

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     Max (max@smeap.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 00:38:35 JST Max

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     @dlakelan @ZachWeinersmith Bolt isn’t a hybrid. Chevy’s hybrid was the Volt. (Still stopped.) Chevy marketing’s single letter difference did no one any favors. Bolt is cheapest entry level Chevy’s Model 3 competitor. Its shutdown was just for retooling for model upgrades but apparently shareholders don’t like “retooling” this decade so they sold it as shutdown instead. (Again marketing doing no one favors in the few months it looked like GM only cared about premium EVs.)

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     Zach Weinersmith (zachweinersmith@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Mar-2024 00:38:36 JST Zach Weinersmith

     Anyone know why there are suddenly a bunch of articles about EV sales slowing down? Like, data seems good? https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61344