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extrapolating from that page https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-how-much-do-ev-batteries-cost/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-how-much-do-
by ofrzeta 2y ago
extrapolating from that page https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-how-much-do-ev-batteries-cost/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-how-much-do-ev-b... the battery cost should be around $8000. Also this https://bookmygarage.com/electric-vehicles/how-much-does-an-electric-battery-cost-uk/ https://bookmygarage.com/electric-vehicles/how-much-does-an-...
Although the price of lithium has "skyrocketed" it is now previous levels.
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lithium https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lithium
Do we see this reflected in battery or EV car prices?
- numpad0 2y agoWhat's the kind of delta to be reasonably expected relative to ICE? The cost for the entire ICE drivetrain is estimated to be between somewhere between 1.5k to 10k depending on cars and analysts, so 8k in bare cells before factoring in engineering and manufacturing costs that aren't subsidized by a century long inertia of ICE industry is already significant extra. Really the ones tooting "EV should be cheap to make" horn are Tesla guys. They're not doing engines unless gigacasts is a weird foreshadowing. I doubt it make sense to take it too seriously beyond as a conceptual hand-wavy panel discussion quote when the opposite had been the case for nearly 15 years.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoHow do you figure $8000? $8000 is the cost of a 62kWh NMC battery in 2023 in your link. A 45kWh NMC battery in 2025 is probably about half that cost.
- ofrzeta 2y agoYou are right. Maybe around $5000 (2025 has just started :)