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Sell these to the "but mah vroom vroom noise" crowd and switch everything to electric.
Hmm, 75kwh to make a gallon of gasoline at even a low estimate of 15 cents per kWh is $11.25/gallon. That's if they meet their full efficiency targets. I'm sure there will be a few who are willing to pay but it's pretty expensive fun.
The big car brands in Germany are pivoting to internal combustion for the top as an audible status symbol and electric for the common man, so that tracks.