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The top selling EV in China only costs $4k. There is absolutely no reason an electric vehicle should cost more than a typical gas powered car. https://electre

• thrdbndndn 4y ago
  EV in China is heavily, I mean very heavily, subsidized in China. Keep in mind I'm not saying EV can't be as cheap, but China isn't the best example.
  • fragmede 4y ago
    Unless you're trying to make your own EV factory and compete globally on price, the fact that it's subsidized is irrelevant (unfortunately), because the way subsidies work, the China subsidized price is how much an EV like that costs.
    • thrdbndndn 4y ago
      > Unless you're trying to make your own EV factory Lots of countries manufacture their own cars, unlike some random plastic toys. Also, You don't get this price when China are exporting them if that's what you're trying to say. The price is mainly subsidized on the (Chinese) customer's side (there are big incentives to buy EV over gas car, and it's not limited to the price of the vehicle itself: in some places it costs more money to get a plate for gas car than the car itself), not the manufacturing side (obviously it's both, but why it got as low as $4000 is mainly because of the former).