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People don't make these kinds of upgrades to cars. They just buy new ones. Your suggestions don't jibe with the real world and consumers' revealed behavior.

• yellowapple 6y ago
  > People don't make these kinds of upgrades to cars. They just buy new ones. My point is that's a problem, and that we can and should fix it with electric cars instead of continuing to boneheadedly allow that problem to persist. There are, on that note, plenty of people who do rebuild or even replace the powertrains on their ICE-powered vehicles. Quite a few people do it out of necessity (a new engine is cheaper than an entirely new car, even with labor factored in, unless the designer has specifically made the car hostile to aftermarket servicing). Quite a few others do it for fun (e.g. hot-rodding, "ricing", etc.). Some people are even converting ICEs to EVs (I'm considering doing this should my car's engine give up the ghost). > Your suggestions don't jibe with the real world and consumers' revealed behavior. "consumers' revealed behavior" is a product of what's available on the market, and at what cost. If an electric vehicle with user-replaceable batteries exists, people will absolutely buy it. Upgrading those batteries will almost always be cheaper than buying all those batteries plus an entirely new car around them.