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>The marginal cost of adding gizmos and gadgets to an electric car is not very high due to the large base cost sunk into the platform This may be plausible, bu
by bumby 4y ago
>The marginal cost of adding gizmos and gadgets to an electric car is not very high due to the large base cost sunk into the platform
This may be plausible, but is there data to support it? Because, anecdotally, all the add-ons of "gizmos and gadgets" options can blow up the price. For example, a base F-150 is $43,325. The Platinum options package adds over $23k in just options.
I suspect the more likely culprit is manufacturing cost and efficiency. It just makes more sense to make electric windows the default when the majority of people are going to pay for them anyways.