• Plopp@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The only option is to go for a different brand altogether, and many customers aren’t interested in doing that. Especially if the brand is something people associate with their identity, like BMW.

      • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comOPM
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        4 months ago

        The issue is completely different: we have much too high entry barriers into that market. For good reason, some might say, but I think that a straightforward, standardized, inexpensive safety testing and certification process would make it easy for a lot of people to build their own cars or just electrify used cars. Instead we are stuck to very few manufacturers, even fewer shops that can electrify a car…