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> At the same time, US car manufacturers know their business well and have not delivered small EVs or small hybrid vehicles because the manufacturers have chose
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> At the same time, US car manufacturers know their business well and have not delivered small EVs or small hybrid vehicles because the manufacturers have chosen to aim at Tesla's demographic (i.e. rich and "spendy"). It's clear that physics absurdities like the F150 Lightning or the Dodge RAM "RAM charger" are also aiming at rich and spendy customers.
They're aiming at it because like almost everything (including ICE cars), you need to make it work before you make it cheap.
- heresie-dabord 3y ago> you need to make it work before you make it cheap I don't disagree with that principle. But Toyota, for example, has been making hybrids for, hmmm, a quarter of a century.[1] US manufacturers have been maliciously compliant. [2] [1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius [2] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance
- robertlagrant 3y ago> But Toyota, for example, has been making hybrids for, hmmm, a quarter of a century. Sure, but that's not very long. 25 years after ICE cars were invented they weren't nearly as affordable as a Prius is today. > US manufacturers have been maliciously compliant. [2] I don't understand how they can be (who is the manufacturer blindly obeying the orders of?).