Worth a read...

Consumer Reports: EVs are the least reliable vehicle type

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/evs-least-reliable-vehicle-type-214225842.html

It just boggles my mind that hybrids, the most complex cars ever created with two completely separate power systems, keep showing up as the most reliable and having the lowest TCO.

I can't quite figure out how that works. But everyone I know with a Prius has loved it.

Of course, I could say that about Tesla owners too.

>> hybrids

My Honda Insight hybrid keeps chugging along ... the only problem I've ever had with it so far is that the engine battery doesn't react well to -35 C. temperatures.

That's the little battery that powers the ignition, lights, etc., not the big battery that makes it a hybrid.

UK:
Electric cars will no longer be exempt from vehicle excise duty from April 2025, the chancellor has said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63660321

Sorry tuners, the 2024 Ford Mustang EVs will be harder to modify - The Manual

https://www.themanual.com/auto/2024-ford-mustang-will-be-hard-to-tune/

Ford: Fully-Networked Vehicle (FNV) electrical architecture

GM:  Global B electric architecture that's also encrypted

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2022:  In the third quarter, Tesla made a profit of just over $9,500 for every car sold, compared to roughly $1,300 for Toyota

Exclusive: Tesla readies revamped Model 3 with project 'Highland' -sources | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-readies-revamped-model-3-with-project-highland-sources-2022-11-28/

Did you notice that total profit for Tesla is roughly the same as for Toyota? That's impressive.

>profit

Tesla is cutting a lot of corners, like not having a dealer network.  It remains to be seen how long they can go that way.  Right now they are just selling to early adopters and not the great implacable masses of Karens.

The same electronics problems, circuit boards frying, touch screens blanking, bricking, are going to hit Tesla cars around years 6 and older and people are going to want repairs.  Also, just like what happened to car dealers after World War II, eventually there is going to be a used EV market and they haven't touched on how they're gonna handle that.

Breaking EV News:  heh

Al Roker's Wife Had To Break Into Their Tesla As The Today Show Weatherman Was Rushed Back To The Hospital

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/al-roker-s-wife-had-to-break-into-their-tesla-as-the-today-show-weatherman-was-rushed-back-to-the-hospital/ar-AA14LbFw?cvid=15c20cda19d84594942e0b3560501111

EVs battery prices have risen this year for the first time in a decade

https://www.businessinsider.com/automakers-ford-gm-electric-vehicle-prices-battery-cost-rise-2022-12

Honda's all-electric N-Van will start at just $7,300
Honda hopes the electric van will boost EV sales in Japan

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/12/10/honda-nvan-ev-pricing/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLnlhaG9vLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAND4fPWWBt21OnmBUia-7MdtdDdLEFlA7mwNr4viYmo6pIj4HrtiZc5eLfMuaTCWfD74JWa4Ffdyn5iWR9W-uClQo_9F3uQdoyQlKfM765a30dlJE1MMqb9OqR4efqHmcleg28OsLbQYxBSEf0cCF4aLjusFUYValc4RruHntPg2

At $7,300 I bet you could find a niche for this in parts of the US.  It's way more practical than the Chevy Bolt or the Teslas.  Range is a bit short tho.

N-van

It's less than 3.4 m long, 1.48 m wide and the wheelbase is just 2,520 mm. 
interior pix: https://www.arenaev.com/hondas_nvan_goes_full_electric_in_2024-news-1125.php

Many of these 'urban evs' have a top speed of 35mph --but I can't find anything with a quick search.

Still, at $8k I'd buy one for my brother.

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>at $8k

Yeah at 8k anything's worth a punt, eh?

Except this will never make it stateside. It's only .75 americans wide.

>Yeah at 8k anything's worth a punt

Even ripping off the body and converting to to a cheap(er) crate engine & drivetrain.