• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Their EV is about $8k more than a similar MB ICE SUV. Seems to be they just want to keep making easy money off innovating pay walls for remote start.

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      9 months ago

      Probably because they are far more complicated than a regular car and have expensive batteries with precious metals? Oh and we haven’t been mass producing them for 100 years either.

      • AProfessional@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        An EV is on all fronts more simple. It’s the reason so many new car companies are being started.

        It absolutely has an upfront cost to design and ramp up production though.

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        Bro it’s just a battery, some motors, a computer, an IO system, and some brakes. An amateur with money and free time could rip the guts out of a traditional car and make it fully electric by following an online tutorial.