If Tesla Is the Apple of Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Bets It Can Be Samsung

Re:If Tesla Is the Apple of Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Be... by hef19898 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:12PM (#26494073)

Personally, I expect a lot from smaller, entry level EVs based on existing ICE platforms. They can be built on the same lines as their ICE cousins, share a lot of common parts and cheaper to develop. Switching to higher volumes will come at the expense of their ICE cousins, so capacity at the factory isn't much of an issue neither. Higher volumes should also make them cheaper, the EVs, due to economies of scale.

Sure, that's no dedicated EV platform. But who really cares for cars one size class smaller than a Golf, or the same?

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Re:If Tesla Is the Apple of Electric Vehicles, Volkswagen Be... by usrusr on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:32PM (#26498099)

ICE power trains can be about as cheap to manufacture as 50 miles worth of battery. Reusing ICE designs and manufacturing won't introduce cheaper electrics, it would introduce more expensive electrics.

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