[punkybr3wster]

They aren’t necessarily. In the US they just choose to manufacture them that way. If you look at other countries they are developing electric cars en masse that are SUPER simple and basic and are much more affordable.

What amazing to me is that the cheapest electric cars currently are ironically hybrids which are at least twice as complex as a gas or an electric car and a bill of materials to match. It makes no sense.

Don’t get me wrong I think plugin hybrids are the gateway to getting people on board with electric especially the septics, but at the same time it makes no sense that they are less than their electric equivalents.

[Kirby64]

They’re less than electric equivalents because the battery is substantially smaller, and batteries are essentially the biggest cost in an EV. Assembled pack pricing is still around $100-120/kWh and even smaller batteries are like 65kWh. Most cars are closer to 70-80. For a PHEV, the largest battery is a lot closer to 10kWh.

[ijhuygft776]

I would never buy a hybrid though (too much added complexity for no real benefit), and I won't buy an electric car for multiple reasons (the main one being that I can't install a charger where I stay).

[tiahura]

If people wanted to drive a golf cart they’d buy a golf cart.

[ijhuygft776]

we definitely need more golf carts in cities