Where's the consumer incentive to go green? The wait time on a hybrid toyota is 2 years. Mazda and Kia both have hybrid or in some cases plugin hybrid of their flagship SUVs, but not available in Aus. A plug in hybrid Outlander costs you 25k ontop of a standard petrol outlander. I WANT to do the right thing, but I'm not given the choice.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

The system is working as intended. Thanks for confirming

[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having recently had an outlander as a hire car overseas I'm amazed that anyone would willing subject themselves to one as a daily driver. What an absolute peice of shit lol. For the money of the flagship PHEV outlander, you could get an EV6 or Tesla model 3.

Anyway the actual green decision is to drive less and use alternatives more. However that's not an option for some.

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I drive an old Outlander (10 years old), and rather like it. I mean, it's a basic enough family car. It doesn't do anything fancy. But it doesn't give us any grief, either.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

This is how free markets work. Increased demand for certain variants of a product will inflate the price of that product accordingly.

It is worth contemplating that due to some manufacturers complete disregard for the environmental damage from mining Cobalt and Lithium (as well as the societal damage from Conflict Mining), a large EV may be more destructive than a modern ICE vehicle.