Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAuto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't workingwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down186
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkAuto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't workingwww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square143fedilink
minus-squareIWantToFuckSpez@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIt’s the batteries. They are the biggest cost in an EV. The margins on such a car would be too low. Even the new Volvo XC30 is 35k plus which is one of the cheapest and most barebones EV.
minus-squarePretzilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoBut Volvos have never been cheap. Also big and heavy forever. Make an eFit for $15 - 20k and sell a bazillion of them.
It’s the batteries. They are the biggest cost in an EV. The margins on such a car would be too low. Even the new Volvo XC30 is 35k plus which is one of the cheapest and most barebones EV.
But Volvos have never been cheap. Also big and heavy forever.
Make an eFit for $15 - 20k and sell a bazillion of them.