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If you adjust for inflation that’s roughly equivalent price

by rdtwo 4y ago

pooper 4y ago
We are never going to see those really inexpensive sub ten thousand dollar electric cars, are we?
- bittercynic 4y ago
  If you adjust for inflation, I bet it will happen. If you're willing to buy used, it already has.
- 6510 4y ago
  If the battery is easily replaceable (say 20 seconds without leaving the vehicle) you could use small ones for short commutes and drive from station to station (possible recharging on some roads) or (rent) a big battery for long trips. Other parts could similarly be crappy, have upgrades and the manufacturer could set up a second hand part market. They might even invite even cheaper knock offs.
- rdtwo 4y ago
  There was a time you could get an e golf for 10k on super sale
- jfim 4y ago
  Street legal in the US, probably not. There's always the Changli though, but it's not street legal: https://electrek.co/2021/10/18/cheapest-ev-in-usa/ https://electrek.co/2021/10/18/cheapest-ev-in-usa/
- Ourgon 4y ago
  Eventually we will but it will take a shake-up of the market by an outsider who does not have an existing business based around cars priced at current levels. Electric cars are far less complex than ICE-based vehicles so there is no real reason for them to be more expensive. The current excuse for their high prices is the cost of the battery pack but battery prices have been on a downward trajectory for a long time now. Eventually a newcomer will find the lure of selling an EV for half of the lowest priced competitor too large to ignore and the rest will be history. That newcomer will be derided by the existing sellers and the media which depends on advertising income from those established actors but that attack won't succeed if the increase in price-performance is large enough.
linksnapzz 4y ago
Adjusted for inflation, the cheapest US small car at the start of the 1970s would be about $12,500 today. The average new car today, with similar interior space, is about twice that much money.
thaumasiotes 4y ago
> If you adjust for inflation that’s roughly equivalent price Same inflation-adjusted price is terrible performance. You're talking about the price of mass-produced machinery. That should be going down, like every other industrial product.

If you adjust for inflation that’s roughly equivalent price

by rdtwo 4y ago

If you adjust for inflation that’s roughly equivalent price

pooper 4y ago

We are never going to see those really inexpensive sub ten thousand dollar electric cars, are we?

bittercynic 4y ago
If you adjust for inflation, I bet it will happen. If you're willing to buy used, it already has.
6510 4y ago
If the battery is easily replaceable (say 20 seconds without leaving the vehicle) you could use small ones for short commutes and drive from station to station (possible recharging on some roads) or (rent) a big battery for long trips. Other parts could similarly be crappy, have upgrades and the manufacturer could set up a second hand part market. They might even invite even cheaper knock offs.
rdtwo 4y ago
There was a time you could get an e golf for 10k on super sale
jfim 4y ago
Street legal in the US, probably not. There's always the Changli though, but it's not street legal: https://electrek.co/2021/10/18/cheapest-ev-in-usa/ https://electrek.co/2021/10/18/cheapest-ev-in-usa/
Ourgon 4y ago
Eventually we will but it will take a shake-up of the market by an outsider who does not have an existing business based around cars priced at current levels. Electric cars are far less complex than ICE-based vehicles so there is no real reason for them to be more expensive. The current excuse for their high prices is the cost of the battery pack but battery prices have been on a downward trajectory for a long time now. Eventually a newcomer will find the lure of selling an EV for half of the lowest priced competitor too large to ignore and the rest will be history. That newcomer will be derided by the existing sellers and the media which depends on advertising income from those established actors but that attack won't succeed if the increase in price-performance is large enough.

linksnapzz 4y ago

Adjusted for inflation, the cheapest US small car at the start of the 1970s would be about $12,500 today. The average new car today, with similar interior space, is about twice that much money.

thaumasiotes 4y ago

> If you adjust for inflation that’s roughly equivalent price Same inflation-adjusted price is terrible performance. You're talking about the price of mass-produced machinery. That should be going down, like every other industrial product.