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Old 08-03-2019, 02:07 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by triggerjerk View Post
I agree with this. Electric vehicles are cheaper to make. Autonomous vehicle development is very politically correct for a bailed out company like GM. Plus, who knows how much money in grants they are getting to develop autonomous cars.
Due to the high cost of batteries EVs remain more expensive to make. This is slowly changing but Battery costs aren’t there yet.

https://www.transportation.gov/av/grants
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