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[Dormant] Electric Vehicles

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Even for expensive ones? $50/unit maybe? I know people will say "oh that's millions across the fleet!" without accounting at all for consumer satisfaction. Like hey, they could save thousands per unit by removing all the passenger seats!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah maybe. But likely less even for high end..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

car mfgs obsess about tenth of a penny costs in their cars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I already addressed this in the comment you just replied to.

You're talking about tenths of a penny in unnecessary expenses. I'm talking about a few dollars that massively improves the ownership experience.