Yellow Saddle
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My cost.
OK. The cost of the car then.
That's easy. History tells us that new technology is expensive at first and then soon reduces as manufacturing efficiency improves. The lowest cost is when the technology is mature and big improvements can no longer be made. Electric will be cheaper per mile than petrol/diesel. Much cheaper. Right now they are expensive but that's no big deal. A bunch of rich early adopters will still buy them and iron out the problems for us late adopters and laggards. Electric cars have about 200 moving parts whereas an ICE car has about 1500. Running cost and manufacturing cost is therefore less. Life expectancy is higher. So high in fact that the average individual cannot reasonably take it from new to scrap before it becomes technologically obsolete. A little bit like a cellphone. They last longer mechanically than what they're worth technologically, hence us no longer even bothering with replaceable batteries in them. This will therefore make the electric car ideal for pool ownership and thus zero capital outlay for the traveler. They will probably never stop driving, going from job to job until they are scrapped. This reduces parking requirements and frees up the city for us humans. This has a cost element too and it will trickle down to you.
If you can't afford electric travel now, you soon will.
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