[EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread Bill Dube via EV
Labor is the main expense in car manufacture. Materials for a larger vehicle add only an incremental cost. Luxury options cost just a tiny faction of what they consumer pays for them. It is not uncommon that the luxury option is just a change to the firmware and the additional cost to the manuf

Re: [EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread Lawrence Winiarski via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
A heavier car will require a larger battery for an equivalent range, but I think that is over played. If you are concerned about city range, with lots of starts and stops, your battery range will be chewed up badly by a heavier car. But the real need for long range is freeway driving. And, the

Re: [EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread Peri Hartman via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Smaller is not really cheaper (was: Tesla slashes its car prices as much as 20% to prop up sagging sales, where?s the $30K EV? A Chevy Bolt?)

2023-01-22 Thread (-Phil-) via EV
osted that they question whether any of the traditional auto >> makers are making a profit on their EVs. If that's the case, imagine if >> they tried to sell a trimmed down EV with still an appealing amount of >> EV range. Financial disaster. >> >> As battery prices come