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I mean the tech is still new as well as the point that SSJMarx mentioned. To add to the list of reasons to make expensive version of cars first:
I do expect that over time manufactures will begin to release cheaper EVs over time that are aimed for average consumers.
I'm sorry, but that makes 0 sense.
Not everyone can spend 20k, so let's make 100k cars?
And when China is selling such cheap cars, let's stop them too, because there is no demand?
There is nothing logical about your arguments.
The reason we stop China is not related to supply and demand so much as stopping companies that China has given unfair advantages to. If BYD was making cars without signifcant Chinese subsidies, then yes I would be bothered by these tariffs as well.
The person who buys $100k cars isn't going to be shopping in the $20k car market. This $20k EV already exists as the Nissan Leaf and it sells like shit because people don't really want a stripped-down, barebones car. Teslas' cheapest cars are twice the price and outsell it by several orders of magnitude.
We're stopping China from selling cars here because they're selling $50k cars for $20k which is a big problem for everyone but China.
There is logic to their argument. I think you just don't understand the situation very well.
Or because they have a long-standing reputation of not surviving for >50k miles? Because they're literally the only cars without active cooling?
OEMs don't sell cheap cars anymore because they know people will buy them instead of more expensive cars.