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Tesla's battery costs right now(pre-gigafactory) are closer to $200/kwh, so for a 60kwh battery(gets 200mi range on the model s) that is only $12k.
by tcoppi 10y ago
Tesla's battery costs right now(pre-gigafactory) are closer to $200/kwh, so for a 60kwh battery(gets 200mi range on the model s) that is only $12k.
- OrwellianChild 10y agoI'd love to see the progression of costs over the years... Would be useful for extrapolation. Where'd you get the more current figure?
- tcoppi 10y agoThis article is a good resource http://cleantechnica.com/2016/05/15/ev-battery-prices-looking-back-years-forward-yet/ http://cleantechnica.com/2016/05/15/ev-battery-prices-lookin...
- OrwellianChild 10y agoAwesome to see market leaders like Tesla beating all possible projections (they're basically already living in 2020 on the chart at the end of the article). Given that all forecasts had prices trending downward and eventually hitting the fabled $100/Kwh rate, this bodes well for continued progress as all these large-scale production facilities extract efficiencies...