Late 1980’s saw the introduction of a cheap small car called the Yugo, $3999 for the base model. Dive into how it did and why. Now consider that with inflation, $3999 is about $10,000. Even the Smart Car retail was last around $24,000 and I think a basic EV would have more cost built into it that those.
I agree that cars, EV or otherwise, could be made and sold at lower prices with the basic safety and features if it wasn’t a profit driven industry, but your price point isn’t realistic. I also think we really don’t need more cars even if they are small, dependency on personal vehicles is part of why we have problems now.
Late 1980’s saw the introduction of a cheap small car called the Yugo, $3999 for the base model. Dive into how it did and why. Now consider that with inflation, $3999 is about $10,000. Even the Smart Car retail was last around $24,000 and I think a basic EV would have more cost built into it that those.
I agree that cars, EV or otherwise, could be made and sold at lower prices with the basic safety and features if it wasn’t a profit driven industry, but your price point isn’t realistic. I also think we really don’t need more cars even if they are small, dependency on personal vehicles is part of why we have problems now.