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I'm half convinced the right company could make a decent hybrid small or tiny vehicle (like Fiat 500 size or Mini size at most) for under $15k given Ford appare
by Glyptodon 2y ago
I'm half convinced the right company could make a decent hybrid small or tiny vehicle (like Fiat 500 size or Mini size at most) for under $15k given Ford apparently was or is fine making hybrid Mavericks for like $26k and only raised the price because dealers and lack of competitive forces. Though the prices of three wheelers (often more than a Maverick) suggest maybe I'm wrong.
- jillesvangurp 2y agoWhere's the fun in that when consumers happily pay twice as much? There's no question you can make decent cars under 10K$. There are lots of those on the market in China. Most of them are pure electric of course because they are good enough, super simple to build, and inherently cheaper to make than anything hybrid. If you are competing on price, cutting cost like that is what you do.
- nickserv 2y agoFiat 500 and Mini Cooper are certainly not tiny. I mean the originals from the 70's yeah but the new ones are huge and bloated in comparison. Anyway such tiny vehicles do exist in Europe and Asia. The Citroën Ami (the new EV one) comes to mind in Europe, where it's had some success, but is still kinda expensive for what it is.
- gessha 2y agoThose cars already exist, look at all the cars produced for the Indian market.