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If you have the space I think you would be better off using lead acid batteries or wait another 5-10 years. Though lithium based battery production costs are st

If you have the space I think you would be better off using lead acid batteries or wait another 5-10 years. Though lithium based battery production costs are still falling 10-20% a year the demand even at current prices is high enough that we are not getting better prices at consumer wholesale let alone retail. So far to me it seems the battery demand from electric car manufacturers as well as grid scale battery installations is rising faster than the supply. With the current gas and oil prices the demand is going to increase even faster where as supply will still take years to catch up.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
i understand that but the lead acid vs lithium pricing is complicated to say the least. here is an example i got recently. 12v 4 qty 200 Ah =9600 wh with usable around half so 5kwh. it would cost me INR 100,000 almost with a 5 year warranty. this is lead acid one lithium i got a quote for 48v 100ah = 110,000 INR for 3-5 years warranty. the seller is pushing me to buy the lithium battery but the pricing is not competitive enough imo. they are charging me a huge markup so unless i buy from their suppliers, i dont see the benefit of paying he dealer a huge markup for no "addition" of theirs. to put this lithium into perspective, https://okayaev.com/faast/ https://okayaev.com/faast/ this scooter is selling for the same 100,000 with a 4.5 kwh battery. i know its 72v vs 48v but just saying they are giving the same battery + entire scooter so the battery should definitely not cost this much