ah, i see, so we should engineer only for outliers. Got it.

I think Polestar is struggling to find sales for the 2 in part because of the form factor. It looks like a lifted sedan;

Herein MA it’s $10,000 total, which makes this $4000 less than an S60 ($40k).Further, have you seen gas prices?

I’m not sure if they were (are?) completely separate or if Volvo has some stake in Polestar?

Correct, polestar is a sub-brand under Volvo/Geely. It is very similar to Genesis being a sub-brand of Hyundai. I do agree that volvo has good brand equity and marketing the EV’s under the marque may have been better for non-enthusiast buyers

Huh? Pretty obvious you’ve never driven a Bolt.

7 seconds is more than fine to get around town and life. You have been red pilled by the horsepower wars.

You forgot the /s

We had a Kia Soul EV (the 64 kWh battery version that I don’t believe is sold in the US), which was a 7.5 second 0-60 car.

so is it really that expensive?

My FIL has an R129 SL500 and it is gorgeous with only 25,000mi, but he bought it 16yrs ago for quite a few bucks, then proceeded to never drive it. He doesn’t have any of the issues you mention because he never drives it. You are right though that blower motors, that plastic cap, (21) hydraulic cylinder seals, 3 yrs…

the single motor has 270 miles of range but that zero to sixty time drops to seven seconds....The big question though is will all of this be enough to get buyers to bite?

it’s the convertible top issue that worries me the most

Squids motorcyclists in NH would like a word with you:

It may possibly not make sense in the far future (which I doubt), but I just don’t see prices going down any time in the next 5-6 years, rather they will continue to rise.

I know that most readers around here shit on the idea of a lease, but it makes sense in this scenario.

1. Is this competing with the Model Y? The range seems lacking for the price so I don’t know how else it could be competitive

i wonder what the overlap is for people that socially or politically want an EV and people that own homes.

even a new car at average cost is cheaper than many colleges and more useful than some degrees.

I think the biggest con the college industry has sold is that you go to college to “pursue your dreams.” Pursuing one’s dream is only for rich kids that have parents to rely, or most likely, fall back on.