Here's a data point about how out of touch with reality this opinion is:

the 10 cheapest new cars you can buy in the UK in 2026

https://petrolblog.com/articles/cheapest-new-cars-uk-2026

This includes 4 or 5 EVs and a couple of hybrids.

Yeah, it's a bit odd; the "electric cars are expensive" narrative has become so entrenched that it is still trotted out even when it is no longer true.

Today in Ireland, you can get a VW Polo for 25k... or an id.Polo (the electric version) for 20k. Now, there are a couple of things going on there; the id.Polo is benefiting from a 3500 eur grant, and the Polo has about 1000 eur of VRT on it (electric cars are exempt). But _even ignoring subsidies_ they come in at about the same price. And, presumably, give it a couple of years, and the electric version will be solidly cheaper.

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neverminder a day ago | parent | prev [-]

You must have missed the part about poor people from rural regions. They don't have 20K, they barely have 2K, they are not eligible for credit/lease and you obviously have never been to countryside if you are suggesting a Citroën Ami with a straight face.

	▲	SideburnsOfDoom a day ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think that you're here in good faith and your tone is poor at best. You put words in my mouth that I did not say. But, can you explain why "I don't see this ever being reality with EVs" ? Not just "not now" but "not ever". Wow. If vehicle X is the same price or cheaper than vehicle Y when new, then given ten years and the resulting resale price drop, it sells used for the same price or cheaper than vehicle Y, not so? I don't see the confounding factors as permanent, merely due to EVs being fairly new on the market. But now the new ones are plentiful, and the same price or cheaper as the ICE equivalent across market segments. So the rest is only a matter of time. Change does not happen overnight. No-one is expecting it to. Arguing as if it's otherwise is straw-manning.