So weird how those same laws of physics do not exist in China.

Greed and marketing marasmus aren’t physics laws.

Standardisation and unification can reduce prices drastically. No, every model of the car doesn’t need unique light systems, for example. And most cars don’t need aero-fuckind-dynamic chassis. Yes, brick is running all right at speeds below 100km/h. And media-shmedia can be installed by the end-user according to their tastes and budget. Just provide a few spare 5/12V wires.

Unification. Standardisation. Fire marketers and designers. Ask customers what they want and ask engineers how to make it right.

Finally! Should have focused more on efficiencies ages ago, but the oil companies wanted more use, not less and looks were more important than gas mileage to customers in things like trucks. But since charging stations have been delayed to prop up oil profits, and so aren’t as ubiquitous as gas stations, and battery tech (including fast charging) had been gobbled up and killed off for the last nearly a century by oil companies before cell phones needed it, EVs need that efficiency.