That’s actually what they did before the Tesla, and the result was the cars were so useless nobody wanted to buy them.
Most carmakers make small subcompact EVs, and they are way more useful now, but even Dacia Spring which is probably the cheapest European made EV, isn’t competitive against similar sized or prized ICE cars. And frankly it’s a very unattractive car in many ways IMO.
ICE cars have a century of iterations and optimizations on cost effective production and efficiency, it will take a while longer to get the EVs to the same level.
Batteries are getting both cheaper and better and safer, so there is no doubt EVs will ultimately surpass ICE in probably every segment.
Attractiveness is an interesting point; it would be interesting to see a “boring” normal looking car that doesn’t lean into the somewhat polarizing EV aesthetic.
OK, I didn’t mean attractive as in how it looks, I mean more that it has a tiny battery, and it doesn’t have a fast charger either, the cheap model you can’t even get as an extra!. It’s not a “real” car IMO, but more something that can be used as a 2nd car, maybe for shopping. It’s simply so underwhelming in every way for its price IMO.
That’s actually what they did before the Tesla, and the result was the cars were so useless nobody wanted to buy them.
Most carmakers make small subcompact EVs, and they are way more useful now, but even Dacia Spring which is probably the cheapest European made EV, isn’t competitive against similar sized or prized ICE cars. And frankly it’s a very unattractive car in many ways IMO.
ICE cars have a century of iterations and optimizations on cost effective production and efficiency, it will take a while longer to get the EVs to the same level.
Batteries are getting both cheaper and better and safer, so there is no doubt EVs will ultimately surpass ICE in probably every segment.
Attractiveness is an interesting point; it would be interesting to see a “boring” normal looking car that doesn’t lean into the somewhat polarizing EV aesthetic.
OK, I didn’t mean attractive as in how it looks, I mean more that it has a tiny battery, and it doesn’t have a fast charger either, the cheap model you can’t even get as an extra!. It’s not a “real” car IMO, but more something that can be used as a 2nd car, maybe for shopping. It’s simply so underwhelming in every way for its price IMO.
There was an awful lot of “most trips are under x miles, so we will plan for x miles of range”.