>Sure, if Ford still wanted to sell them they could find a way to make cheaper batteries You've already accepted that ford doesn't have a monopoly, so assuming

>Sure, if Ford still wanted to sell them they could find a way to make cheaper batteries You've already accepted that ford doesn't have a monopoly, so assuming we're agreed on the same basic tenets of free market capitalism they do want to sell them, and are already trying to find ways to make batteries cheaper. You can't just hand wave away all that complexity. Just because EVs aren't as cheap as you personally think they should be, doesn't mean ford isn't trying.