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by bogwog 1316 days ago
The article said they reduced costs by not using glass for the solar panels, and by limiting the color options to a single color.

I don't know anything about car manufacturing, but that seems logical I guess. The car is ugly, but $25k for an EV with 190 mile range seems like a pretty sweet deal, even if the solar panels turn out to be a useless gimmick.