Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoThe march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkThe march towards an all-EV future hit a major roadblock. What went wrong?www.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareJode@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThey completely whiffed on the most important and obvious part. That whole article could be replaced by the words “THEY’RE TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE”.
minus-squareted@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoThe article doesn’t whiff on this, it lays out why it’s too expensive. The strategy was to replace gas cars with EV 1-to-1 to solve the climate crisis and save the car industry. Gas cars have gotten bigger over the years because of marketing, bravado, “safety”, and regulation-skirting. EV-makers have largely bought into that and made all these huge EVs. Huge EVs require bigger batteries which are more expensive in raw materials and manufacturing. Huge batteries are heavy and dangerous. Range anxiety has encouraged even more oversized batteries on already oversized cars. Huge batteries are the main source of cost, meaning EVs end up being a luxury. So, yes–they are too damn expensive, however a vehicle that meets our actual needs wouldn’t be, if it existed in North America.
They completely whiffed on the most important and obvious part. That whole article could be replaced by the words “THEY’RE TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE”.
The article doesn’t whiff on this, it lays out why it’s too expensive.
So, yes–they are too damn expensive, however a vehicle that meets our actual needs wouldn’t be, if it existed in North America.