Re:Volkswagen enters battery business with $20B investment
by TacticalCoder on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:36AM
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> As long as an ICE is a feature people want to their car to have it won't matter that a battery is cheaper.
The EU has voted a complete ban of the sale of new ICE and hybrid cars by 2035. It doesn't matter if ICE is a feature people want or not: it's not going to be an option.
Re:Volkswagen enters battery business with $20B investment
by someweirdperson on Thursday July 14, 2022 @04:37PM
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The point was that price is not a relevant criterion. There may be others reasons.
The EU isn't the whole world. Also, the EU bans new dinosaur-burning cars from 2035. Cars with ICEs running on something else (synthetic) will most likely remain legal.
For ICEs to fully vanish from the market it would take a complete ban or some disruptive technology that works better for all use cases, to make them completely non-desirable for everyone.
That definitively matter for some cars.
However, the relationship between humans and cars is not like it is between humans and most other products. The same car by features can easily be sold for twice the price, or even higher with minor added conveniences, improved quality, or brand. Add $5000 for a different color.
As long as an ICE is a feature people want to their car to have it won't matter that a battery is cheaper.