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1. zacharycohn · 1790272814 · focus · HN ↗

   Ugh. I saw the headline and I was hoping it would be an entry-level, low cost, highly analogue, "looks just like a normal car but electric" car.

   1. AnnikaL · 1790277339 · focus · HN ↗

      The article does say that the electric Corolla is to be priced at $30k, about $3,000 more than the hybrid and $5,000 more than the gas-powered one. That may not be objectively 'low cost', but it's comparable in cost to the lowest-cost new EVs, and probably similar total cost of ownership to the hybrid/gas cars when considering cheaper fuelling.

      1. kulahan · 1790286597 · focus · HN ↗

         Maybe they could shave $3-5000 off the cost by not giving it a "high-tech interior", going completely against the design philosophy of the car in the first place.

         1. erxam · 1790299885 · focus · HN ↗

            They absolutely could not, the high-tech interior is cheaper. A screen is cheaper than ten million tiny little buttons.

            Incidentally, this is also partly why the interiors feel so egregious and cheap in the pieces of shit produced by Germans these days.

            1. kulahan · 1790320505 · focus · HN ↗

               So… it’s not really high-tech, it’s just a screen? I guess I need to see what the actual offering is.

               1. mort96 · 1790332135 · focus · HN ↗

                  That's the entire modern, Tesla-inspired design ethos: remove all knobs, remove all buttons, remove all levers, remove the PRNDL, remove all the gauges, replace it all with controls on a big iPad in the center, and call the spartan interior "high-tech"

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