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You need to take into account the cost to the environment of burning gasoline. The true cost is closer to something like $8 a gallon. So now it's up to about $1
by castratikron 10y ago
You need to take into account the cost to the environment of burning gasoline. The true cost is closer to something like $8 a gallon. So now it's up to about $1/kWh. As someone else has already mentioned, Tesla's packs are about $190/kWh. You'd only need about 190 cycles before that starts breaking even, which could probably be done in a couple years.
- proee 10y agoThen.... take into account the cost to the environment of mining lithium and all the other elements going into the batteries and associated power electronics.
- audunw 10y agoTrue, but that's a one time cost. Once EVs have a significant market share, everything will probably be recycled. And if we play this game, to get it even, maybe we should compare the whole car since gasoline requires a big engine too. My impression is that analysis which takes everything into account puts EVs far ahead in environmental impact, and I think they're slightly ahead in terms of total ownership costs.
- comicjk 10y agoEvery gallon of oil that's taken out of the ground (besides plastics) goes into the air. Mining waste is very local and tractable compared to that.