Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than expected

Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by Turskarama on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:25PM (#38312136)

Keep in mind that vehicle safety is heavily regulated pretty much everywhere, and once you've paid the money necessary to make your car safe you might as well make it not garbage as well or nobody will buy your product.

Since they're making cars for international markets they have to meet safety standards for the entire world, which are stricter than those for any one country and so harder to meet. You can't compare them to the shitty airpod ripoffs you get for $60.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by anonymouskimmer on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:51PM (#38314374)

> Since they're making cars for international markets they have to meet safety standards for the entire world, which are stricter than those for any one country and so harder to meet.

They'd have the scale to manufacture for individual markets, like any large auto manufacturer. Already I've seen videos/articles of people buying various (typically non-EV) cheap Asian vehicles that are not road-worthy in the US, but allowed for use on large parcels of land.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by nradov on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:07PM (#38314514)

Some Chinese car models are now achieving top ratings on crash safety tests.

https://www.euroncap.com/en/press-media/press-releases/nio-s...

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by rootusrootus on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:45PM (#38315342)

This is a very recent development, and only happened because China started importing talent from places that know how to make good safe cars.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by psychlops on Saturday November 18, 2023 @08:48AM (#38319551)

For example, no car company would ever cheat on emission standards because regulations.

Heavy regulations are what produce the reputable finance and healthcare industries we enjoy today.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by ponector on Saturday November 18, 2023 @12:30PM (#38322004)

Have you heard about Dieselgate?

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by psychlops on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:25PM (#38322706)

To what do you think I was referring? Did that comment need a /sarc tag?

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