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Originally Posted by jammies
Making an ICE vehicle has few points of commonality with building an EV. It is disruptive technology, it's entirely possible some or even most legacy auto manufacturers will die off, be bought out or merged. Besides Tesla, there is nothing stopping other companies with relevant knowledge from starting up their own EV divisions. It is chips, software, and batteries that are needed, not powertrains, engines and yearly model updates.
Googlecar, here we come!
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Being a car manufacturer at a low cost is a logistics problem not a technological one.
Batteries will make up a relatively small component of a cars cost long term. A Tesla battery is only something like 10K right now.
Toyota’s RAV4 prime is the disruptive vehicle that is coming out next year.