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Originally Posted by aerohead
Those ICE 'efficiency' improvements you're thinking about are part of the increased costs, which when added to the calculus of automotive pricing lead to the conclusion that BEVs will achieve price parity by 2025.
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Some improvements were supposed to not lead to an increase on costs, such as the Achates Power engine design. Or even replacing 4-cyl engines for 3-cyls within the same displacement in order to decrease weight, frictions and cost is also somewhat of an improvement.