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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by seltzered_ on Saturday November 18, 2023 @01:59AM (#38316349)
"Introduce a used-price new car, however ..."

This isn't necessarily true. A good case study is the Tata Nano which carried a lot of press around being the world's cheapest new car and ultimately flopped: https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1702021/tata-nano-failed-beca... . Arguably cars can be cost optimized to a point where people would rather buy a nicer used car.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by tuatoru on Saturday November 18, 2023 @09:18AM (#38319869)
It'll be interesting to see how the BYD Seagull and (even smaller) Chery QQ do in the next few years, then.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_Seagull

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery_QQ_Ice_Cream

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by seltzered_ on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:00AM (#38320335)
Curious how much those cost and how the quality is - at first glance those look quite nice.

The issue isn't necessarily how small it is, but if things get cost-engineered so much that people feel that the quality isn't there compared to a used vehicle.

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