>It'll still take time for me to see savings over a car in the $20-$30k range. Consider that a great deal of that price difference may just be scale. Combusti

>It'll still take time for me to see savings over a car in the $20-$30k range. Consider that a great deal of that price difference may just be scale. Combustion engines are extremely complex and have hundreds of parts, and require tons of automation and labor to make and assemble. Batteries can be spat out of a few machines. Batteries are heavier, and made of more stuff than an engine+transmission, but they are way simpler to build. Also the highest material expenses of batteries, nickel and cobalt, may also become cheaper at scale.