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This title is very misleading... The reason for the "price increase" is the declining popularity of the once most popular BEV, the Nissan Leaf, and the increasi

This title is very misleading... The reason for the "price increase" is the declining popularity of the once most popular BEV, the Nissan Leaf, and the increasing popularity of the Tesla Model S. Leaf sales got crushed when gas prices fell in 2015. The reason is the Model S is a luxury car, the Leaf is a compact car. http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ http://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/

majormajor 9y ago
I don't see that as misleading. The most successful EV has been an extremely expensive one. There hasn't been a market for truly cheap EVs. This is probably because EVs are amazing if you're a well-off suburban home owner who can charge at home, and still OK if you're a well-off urbanite with charging stations at work and in your building, and practically useless if you're a less-well-off renter in an older apartment building. So you have range anxiety hurting the cheap ones for the well-off set, and feasibility blocking all of them for the not-as-well-off set.
- andrewtbham 9y ago
  The reason it's misleading is that the cost of batteries is falling dramatically 14-16% per year. This headline will leave people with the opposite impression... that battery costs are going up. I clicked on it because I was like... what the heck? the cost of cars is falling (think model 3) Then it basically reverse course and explains that battery costs per KWh are falling but doesn't really explain why the costs went up... because the most popular cars were in different classes.
yuhong 9y ago
And now gas prices recently rose due to Harvey and refinery shutdowns. Of course part of it is temporary, but EVs are getting better too at the same time.
- ComputerGuru 9y ago
  Tremendously? A gallon of gas here in Chicagoland is under $2.50. I filled up in LA last week for $2.89. Am I the only one that remembers when gas was at the $4 mark just a few short years ago?

majormajor 9y ago

I don't see that as misleading. The most successful EV has been an extremely expensive one. There hasn't been a market for truly cheap EVs. This is probably because EVs are amazing if you're a well-off suburban home owner who can charge at home, and still OK if you're a well-off urbanite with charging stations at work and in your building, and practically useless if you're a less-well-off renter in an older apartment building. So you have range anxiety hurting the cheap ones for the well-off set, and feasibility blocking all of them for the not-as-well-off set.

andrewtbham 9y ago
The reason it's misleading is that the cost of batteries is falling dramatically 14-16% per year. This headline will leave people with the opposite impression... that battery costs are going up. I clicked on it because I was like... what the heck? the cost of cars is falling (think model 3) Then it basically reverse course and explains that battery costs per KWh are falling but doesn't really explain why the costs went up... because the most popular cars were in different classes.

yuhong 9y ago

And now gas prices recently rose due to Harvey and refinery shutdowns. Of course part of it is temporary, but EVs are getting better too at the same time.

ComputerGuru 9y ago
Tremendously? A gallon of gas here in Chicagoland is under $2.50. I filled up in LA last week for $2.89. Am I the only one that remembers when gas was at the $4 mark just a few short years ago?