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They are expensive because of the batteries, but battery price per kWh is dropping in a moores-law kind of way. Give it a few more years and there wont be any c
by codeulike 9y ago
They are expensive because of the batteries, but battery price per kWh is dropping in a moores-law kind of way. Give it a few more years and there wont be any compelling reason to buy a dinosaur juice car.
I suppose the cheap second hand car market might take a bit longer.
- oblio 9y agoBased on an estimate from another Bloomberg article (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/latest-bull-case-for-electric-cars-the-cheapest-batteries-ever https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/latest-bu...), the price will halve by 2025. That's 7 years, not quite Moore territory, and we're still talking about mid range or more expensive cars. I'd imagine a $3500 second hand electric car to be 2030+ territory, not quite "a few more years" :)
- karolist 9y agoCurrently I could import a crashed Leaf from US auction to my homecountry in Europe and have it fixed and registered for a total of about 8000€, many people do just that. I imagine this will fall to about 6000€ for the first year Leaf imports in the coming couple of year or two.
- nkkollaw 9y agoSure, I'm not saying there's no reason for them not to be expensive. Just that they are, and I bet that's one of the main reasons why they're not mainstream, yet.
- walshemj 9y agoIts not price per KWh its the slow increase in energy density that's the real stumbling block.
- reaperducer 9y agoYeah, but then after the first year if you let the battery get down to 40% it shuts off. Unless you get the manufacturer's firmware update which limits you to 55MPH. /sarcasm