• Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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      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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      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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        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.