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Not good electric cars. Batteries are still a large portion of the cost, and so a modest electric car effort will end up over-spending on the battery, being ove
by Robotbeat 8y ago
Not good electric cars. Batteries are still a large portion of the cost, and so a modest electric car effort will end up over-spending on the battery, being over-weight, and with too low of a range without very careful attention to efficiency. Compare the per-mike efficiency of the e-tron vs the Tesla Model X.
...it also increases charging infrastructure costs.
- yoavm 8y agoI don't think that's what the parent post was asking. Yes, batteries are expensive. Yes, EVs are heavy. But they are also simpler than ICE and they have less parts. Even _good_ electric cars. If you wanted to build a car in your backyard, it'll be a much easier process if you go electric.
- Robotbeat 8y agoI don't disagree with that. I once was considering doing an EV conversion, back before modern EVs like the Leaf and the Volt were available. But unfortunately, doing this at scale and competitively is still very difficult to get right. You really have to start basically from scratch like Tesla or Rivian to have an optimized result.