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4. How much less? You save the cost of an internal combustion engine, but still have to...

Mon Apr 8, 2019, 10:38 PM

Apr 2019

build an electric engine. And get batteries.

Everything else on the car-- lights, chassis, body, seats... is pretty much the same.

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Electric cars [View all] SHRED Apr 2019 OP

Battery production scale. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #1

Agreed - battery cost is the key Quemado Apr 2019 #3

I can't speak to the economics of it but this weekend I justhanginon Apr 2019 #2

If your car dies-- Lulu KC Jul 2019 #8

The drivetrain SHRED Apr 2019 #5

Manufacturers have to recoup upfront production costs. Auggie Apr 2019 #7