Hertz is Going Bankrupt and You Can Get a Car for Almost Nothing (youtube.com)
Electric cars were supposed to be simpler. You can make one with a battery, a controller and an electric motor. It is a lot simpler. ‘Unfortunately, they’ve gone the other way. These electric cars are so complex in terms of computers and electronics systems.' ‘Some will have four or five different voltages.’
Some of this might come from following the first ones, Tesla, which was originally a company to make luxury EVs for rich people in small quantities. Tesla used and uses cameras, not Lidar.
China makes simple EVs and sells them for under $10k. They don't talk to you. They don't have to.
There's no standardization yet, in EVs. So you could have cheaper manufacturing.