It's expensive because it doesn't really have any competition. Your car's infotainment center was probably written using Qt. Electron is eating a bit of their

It's expensive because it doesn't really have any competition. Your car's infotainment center was probably written using Qt. Electron is eating a bit of their lunch but it lacks a few features yet, uses a lot of resources comparatively, and doesn't support the same targets or developer communities that Qt does.