Comment on Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 10 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 40k plus which is one of the cheapest and most barebones EV.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But Volvos have never been cheap.
Make an eFit for $20k and sell a bazillion of them.
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 10 months ago
Good luck finding enough batteries for that many cars. That’s the entire problem right now. They can’t scale the production enough to make the production of econobox EVs reasonably profitable. Because the worldwide production capacity of lithium batteries is lagging behind the demand right now.
Pretzilla@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well the answer is right there - smaller cars, smaller packs. Can power 2 or 3 fit sized EV’s for every lightning F150 pack.