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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Electric motors don't really get much better over time. Maybe they will go from 95% efficient to 96% efficient with great difficulty, but there isn't much room for improvement.
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Maybe the separate pieces like motors & batteries won't improve much. What would improve with experience is the knowhow of assembling the pieces inexpensively, and making the entire thing reliable. Consider the way conventional cars aren't fundamentally different from those made decades ago, but are a lot more reliable, and AFAIK cost less to assemble (for an equivalent: of course different regulations have increased costs).