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A large reason that manufacturers have jumped onto EVs with such enthusiasm has nothing to do with regulations or wanting to get ahead of them. It's entirely because EVs sans batteries are extremely cheap to manufacture at scale and are vastly more modular than even the very prevalent front wheel drive layout and platform sharing combination. The number of components is much smaller by half or even more, the cost of servicing the vehicles is much lower during the warranty period, and the permutations that can be made with the same basic parts are limited only by crash and class size regulations.