“If you make something idiot-proof, someone will just make a better idiot.”

There are technical solutions for the problems you mentioned.

Not only that, lithium ion batteries don’t even have any rare earths.

The Chinese gigafactory only produces packs, not cells just an fyi.

I think Tesla names are the most popular. So if you want your brand to be known, it should be related to Tesla. I suggest taking Tesla’s mother’s last name.

Yes and no. Often times manufacturers on purpose sell it at a higher price (or same price) to guarantee profit margins for their resellers.

Smart EV, probably the only EV that got worse with each generation rather than better.

“We’re not enamored with the amendment,” said Tim Jackson, president of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association. “You can’t put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.”

When EV people try to tell ICE drivers, “you don’t need all that range anyway” it becomes an elitist comment. “We know what’s best for you”.

It was mild I agree. Still it smelled of “I know better than you all do”. This reply still feels that way.

Unless you are going up a really steep grade, you aren’t going to be lowered to 100 miles for towing 10k lbs at 0F. For one, at highway speeds, the aerodynamics of what you are towing is more important than the weight (within reason).

I think you have it all wrong. A business prices their product based on their cost. If something has higher regulation cost, of course they will increase its price. The only time a business may choose to eat up the cost is if they think it is temporary. Otherwise, more polluting vehicles would become more expensive…

1) But can you tell me why not at least a hybrid truck or PHEV truck? Why did we have to wait 20+ years later since hybrids came out for a hybrid truck?

These prices aren’t manufacturing costs but price to buy, albeit for the car manufacturers. So wholesale prices.

Not sure how you take my comment as elitist. Consumer ignorance is not as uncommon things for new technology. Even more so going through all the disinformation.

In 2019, BEVs/PHEVs sold 564,206 cars in Europe, which makes up 3.6% of marketshare.

A few corrections:

Outdated prices. Average price is now at $156 per kwh. And is expected to be close to half that by 2024.

That depends WHERE or HOW the battery pack is made. For example, a 100kwh battery pack made in US would only be as low as 3 tons of CO2e.

Are you seriously using short term constraints as a basis? By 2030, that wouldn’t be a problem. Not to mention most 2030 bans are city bans. Which can be done with even PHEVs if they turn of their engine for city but would require a lot less batteries.