OT: Electric Vehicles--anyone driving them or seriously looked at them?

[paredown]

Originally Posted by nickl

The main reason that the 500e was only sold in a few states was that FCA stated they lost money on every one sold. Of course without making a major commitment to EV production this was inevitable due to the economies of scale.

Agreed--but as that article was clear about was that their (and other established brands') sales in California had a multiplier effect in reducing their total fleet mileage to meet EPA standards--sell one car, get the equivalent improvement in your total MPG numbers as if you had sold six cars--truly crazy.

So only sell the cars where they would give you that multiplier effect, minimize your out of pocket losses and don't make a real commitment to EV production. But you had to take a hit because you needed to reduce your average gas mileage/production with EV credits.

Same for Chevy--it is a kind of corporate greenwashing made possible by stupid rules that favor established car companies over real EV producers like Tesla.