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"If it weren't for the batteries, EVs would be much cheaper than ICE vehicles."

And yet I've watched as $/kWh for battery component prices is 1/3rd of what it was 8 years ago (when I got my Chevy Volt) but EV prices have not appreciably gone down.

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Yeah I think this is a combination of greater range and the ceasing of EV subsidization.

It would be nice if there were some options that had much less range than is now possible, at a substantial discount.

There are many smaller “city” evs hitting the market that offer this. Renault 5 and Hyundia Inster etc.

Cool, hopefully won't be limited to physically small cars. Many people with medium-sized cars only go 30 miles/day regularly, and rarely need more than 100 miles of range.

Most days I'm under 20, and 90% of the time I'm under 40.

I think at least in EU most people don’t want to buy sub 200mile range EVs. There has been many options, especially from stellantis that have all more or less flopped. Could be other reasons but for me its nice to know that charging happens about when i need a break anyway, so about 4 hours of highway driving is nice to have. I dont need it for 95% of my trips, but I also want to be able to use my car for the last 5%. These new small range cars seems targeted at people who have another car for long trips.

My Volt has only 50 miles of range, and, granted, working from home and not traveling much, I rarely run out of charge. However, that said, there are times, especially in the winter, when I really need to charge at my destination to keep the gas motor from turning on halfway home.

Yeah this was my experience when I had one (I'd still have it but it got totaled in an accident). Another 20km - 30km of range would have been ideal. I used to drive 100km a day but that was only feasible on zero gas in the winter when I was able to charge on both ends.

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