I’d say it’s lazy rather than easy. Manufacturers can take their ICE-SUV platform and drop a big ass battery in it, and it kinda works (that’s what stellantis has been doing).

But the kWh of that big SUV’s battery then gets eaten by the poor efficiency of the SUV design… so what good is it?

Dedicated platform don’t seem to have trouble fitting enough battery. Look at all the longest range EVs. They are sedans, not SUVs.

SUV help to have both cargo and range. But if this was really the goal, we’d have higher station wagon rather than SUVs (probably something like the Megane or the Enyaq).

In a way, it is.

Otoh, it beats using that oil money to buy weapons and skyscrappers (and football clubs).

Speaking only about co2: due to how ICE produce their emissions (less grey, more on use) vs how BEV do it (more grey emissions, less on use), it is always effective to scrap (=recycle) the ICE as soon as you can and replace it with a BEV.

It is never worth it to keep driving the ICE until it fails, their emissions at manufacturing are just too low compared to what they produce afterwards while being driven.

It is not intuitive, but it is logical when considering the global emissions of cars.

20k = 7k incentives (which replaces the down paiement), 4.8k monthly paiements (48x100) - 8.2k residual value?

Change your residual value to the number to the number you need (less months=less residual). Ofc that’s not how it’s calculated, but it gives a good idea of how you can achieve the monthly cost.