And even now, the fantasy of the $30,000 EV hasn't really been realized. In the US, your only option right now is the Leaf, but good luck finding one for under $32,000.
There are insanely good values for used Teslas right now. Buying used cars is a bit like investing well in the stock market -- when everyone wants something you will pay a lot, but when the public mood turns sour, that's the time to buy. If you are looking for an EV, I'd really look at a used Tesla over anything new right now. I also heard they are cheapening the Tesla, er, "value engineering", so get the good stuff while you can.
If that was the fantasy even 6 years ago, the fantasy should have been updated for inflation to a $40,000 EV. I don’t even mean to exaggerate — that’s how much inflation we’ve had since 2020. We have plenty of sub-$40k EVs.
