I wouldn't be so sure! There are companies which are developing ICE->EV conversion kits which put the price point in a pretty reasonable place. This company ha

I wouldn't be so sure! There are companies which are developing ICE->EV conversion kits which put the price point in a pretty reasonable place. This company has it down to 5000 Euros: https://youtu.be/98mlJ1N50DU https://youtu.be/98mlJ1N50DU That 5000 figure is after EU subsidies, so who knows how such a system would shake out with CA subsidies, but even still: it's possible.