On 9 Sep 2022 at 3:49, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > In the mean time, one possibility is for manufactures to make smaller, > light weight cars. Less weight, less battery. Maybe less cost, too. Is > there a market for that ? Could be, if people are impatient enough to > buy EVs.
Less battery means less range, thus less buyer value, so something like that had darn well better be less cost! It probably wouldn't translate to the US, where city cars aren't really a thing, but in France the Dacia Spring was the #1 selling EV in 2022/h1. A-segment, 250km range (WLTP), price 19,000 euros (14,000 euros after the French EV subsidy). For comparison, you'd pay 53,000 euros for a Tesla 3 there, if you could get one. And your subsidy would be only 1,000 euros because of the luxury-car price. FWIW, at the moment 1 euro is approximately 1 US dollar. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = A true democracy represents the collective, not just individuals. You don't pay school taxes so that your kid can get an education; you pay them so you can live in an educated community. -- Anonymous = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
