Rhyme Repartee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@BruceMirken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BruceMirken</span></a></span> France, the same. Every new car with a curb weight over 1,800kg pays €10 per kg. So, a Ford F150 Lightning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> at 3,000kg would pay €12,000 or about CAD$18,000. </p><p>The NA auto industry has supersized profits by supersizing cars for decades. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electrifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electrifying</span></a> these cars is costly because of large <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> requirements. If Detroit made <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smallcars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallcars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AffordableEVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AffordableEVs</span></a> would be selling in volume and they could actually make money. The case for minimizing use of scarce resources.</p>