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by RetroTechie 764 days ago
> If you want a reasonable "just-works" minimalist design, you have to buy a used car prior 2010. Anything newer will suffer from those issues.

Afaik both China & India have some EV models that fit this description. (Relatively) simple, and cheap.

But those are either not street-legal in EU or US because 'reasons', or there's import tarifs high enough to undo any cost advantage.

Just replace ICE with electric drivetrain, do the minimum necessary to meet legal & safety requirements, but cut out (most) modern conveniences / luxuries, telemetry, self-driving etc. Then you'd have a winner.