Honda cancels plan for cheap electric vehicles, ending collaboration with GM
arstechnica.com
The platform was to use GM's Ultium batteries.

Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    8 months ago

    But a Hyundai isn’t going to easily go 200k miles with easy to source parts (have Hyundai cars in my family).

    Hyundai and Kia are disposable cars. Not a model I can get behind.

    Tradeoffs, it’s always tradeoffs.

    • GalacticCmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      8 months ago

      They are only disposable to those that don’t take average care of their cars. My parents Sonata is at 235k and it will soon become my kid’s car. Runs fine with no issues because my parents take care and of their cars.

      • Altima NEOEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        I mean my mom had a Hyundai that got it’s regular maintenance, still died when it had costly transmission issues