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Originally Posted by DFB FGXR6
I feel a lot of the cost cutting is to mitigate the amount of money they are spending on battery-electric R&D.
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I would love to know just how much R&D is required in comparison. I would assume developing a new ICE engine and calibrating it's tune, calibrating it's powertrain/transmission to match etc would take far longer than an electric motor and it's drivetrain. Building a new platform is expensive but just like ICE vehicles you share and mod it for various variants so I'd expect a similar cost if not cheaper for an EV. Electric motors surely cost less to build than an ICE engine. Is building a battery factory more expensive than a new engine casting and production plant?
So.....show me the money....I'm thinking it's more likely...."we can charge more because demand is high and we don't build enough and it's also early days for early adopters"....yes I'm cynical....then if they used Aussie engineers, they would save more again...