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Dont you find it bizzare that adding extremely complex engine + drivetrain integration is cheaper than adding additional solid state battery storage? It’s a bit like CRT vs LCD or HDD vs SSD. Eventually the reduced complexity or even weight of raw components are cheaper than counterparts.
HDD is still much cheaper than SSD. The same is with ICE cars that have 100 years to perfect manufacturing. I guess in 10 years battery will be cheap enough to end the ICE age, but at this technological point small ICE + small battery looks like the cheapest solution.
HDD is cheaper for massive sizes but SSD is on par for smaller capacities already