Economy of scale
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And inelastic demand
Even if somebody produced thousands and offered them for cheaper the demand wouldn't increase that much.
Let's say there are 200 people willing to pay 9000 dollars for it.
300 people willing to pay 2000 dollars for it.
400 willing to pay 800 dollars for it. (All numbers are made up)
It wouldn't make sense to offer it for cheaper.
Even if you could get costs down with mass production
>>11004088900 buys you way more than just a decent used car.
>You can build yourself an electric recumbent trike for under half that (new).Yes.
You can buy one new from Aliexpress for less than 1500 euros.
Though I'm not sure how trustworthy those shops are. They do have a lot of good carbon frame sellers not much info on their trikes.
Anyway, you should be able to stay under 2000 euros with some smart shopping.
>>1100452>You realize that cars are only cheap because they are mass-produced?+ competition.
