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People want to buy them, but can they afford them?
by ciupicri 4y ago
People want to buy them, but can they afford them?
- yakak 4y agoWould they be expensive at high volume? There's obviously more resource contention for inputs like lithium but even in that case a larger market capacity would drive a lot of larger scale projects.
- philistine 4y agoThe mere amount of parts and assembly required for a gas vehicle versus the simplicity of an electric motor and battery makes me bet on the electric vehicle being cheaper in the long run. When talking about electric, we tend to think of the expensive cars currently on the road in North America. They're expensive in large part because being electric is used as a premium feature. Look at the cost of those cheapo chinese electric cars if you want to see how cheap electric cars can get. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/06/the-worlds-cheapest-ev-is-genuinely-good/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2021/06/the-worlds-cheapest-ev-is... Nobody's arguing for chinese deathtraps to be used on our roads, but a small car in the vicinity of a Kia Rio's price could exist, but it would have too many caveats at this point.
- fomine3 4y agoBattery price (due to production cost and supply shortage) is the reason why BEV is expensive. Since battery is expensive, vehicle manufacturers should make car luxury to fill the price gap. Chinese tiny cars have very small battery. It's fine if market accepts such small cars.
- IanCal 4y agoYes, rates of purchase are quite high. Incentive schemes in the UK that make leasing very appealing mean people are getting electric company cars, this should then bleed into the second hand car market.