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Considering DB was one of the inv. banks involved in the IPO, I would most likely take what they say with a pinch of salt. A little more research into the price
by jharohit 11y ago
Considering DB was one of the inv. banks involved in the IPO, I would most likely take what they say with a pinch of salt. A little more research into the price difference "claimed" between Tesla and other industry competitors shows that actually between 2007-2014 USD1000 per kWH to USD 410 kWh (study- http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n4/full/nclimate2564.html http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n4/full/nclimate25...) and even to USD300 kWh for some industry leaders. Even with installation costs and inverter costs excluded from these figures, I am not sure that Tesla has done something absolutely "staggering" as claimed in the article (although I absolutely enjoyed Elon's keynote!)
- jacobolus 11y agoDid you read that Nature paper? The “some industry leaders” = Tesla. In any event, the whole chart is based on pretty few data points with highly heterogeneous sources, so I’d take the average numbers with a pinch of salt. Prices are clearly falling at a reasonably fast clip industry-wide though.
- jharohit 11y agoYes absolutely. Agree on Tesla being one of the industry leaders driving the innovation on bringing down battery pack prices BUT my point was what you have re-iterated in your last line - prices are falling on an average industry wide and to attribute that success primarily to Tesla is gross overstatement