When you buy a $2k ICE car, you have to factor in ongoing maintenance of a $2k ICE car. Electric vehicles have fewer moving parts, no oil or filters to change,

When you buy a $2k ICE car, you have to factor in ongoing maintenance of a $2k ICE car. Electric vehicles have fewer moving parts, no oil or filters to change, no emissions tests to worry about, even the brake pads last several times longer. Combined with the lower price of electricity vs fuel, the gap in total cost is not going to be that wide. The average American drives 16 miles each way to work. (Pre-pandemic, so it's even lower now). The kind of person who'd buy a $2k car can get by with very little battery capacity.