EVs cheaper than expected

Sometime this summer, the average EV sedan, coupe, and SUV will be cheaper than their gas-powered equivalents. This is without factoring in the tax incentives.

 

Those incentives apply only to vehicles built in North America,  so Hyundai is building an electric car factory in Georgia.

 

Four new lithium mines will open this year. The price of lithium has dropped by 20% since last June.

 

There's enough data available to determine that the maintenance cost of an EV is less than half that of the gas equivalent. And fueling costs are considerably less as well.

 

All this is due primarily to the free market--but given a boost by incentives passed by congresspersons and senators who aren't servants of the fossil fuel industry.

 

Change has arrived, conservitards! EEEEK!!

Wait til you pay 20k plus to replace those batteries. 

Originally posted by: Steve

Wait til you pay 20k plus to replace those batteries. 


20K what? Pesos? Because in a few months, a replacement EV battery will cost about $1000. Now, it's about $1400.

 

Are you seriously saying it will cost $20,000? That's a really stupid statement.

Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

Sometime this summer, the average EV sedan, coupe, and SUV will be cheaper than their gas-powered equivalents. This is without factoring in the tax incentives.

 

Those incentives apply only to vehicles built in North America,  so Hyundai is building an electric car factory in Georgia.

 

Four new lithium mines will open this year. The price of lithium has dropped by 20% since last June.

 

There's enough data available to determine that the maintenance cost of an EV is less than half that of the gas equivalent. And fueling costs are considerably less as well.

 

All this is due primarily to the free market--but given a boost by incentives passed by congresspersons and senators who aren't servants of the fossil fuel industry.

 

Change has arrived, conservitards! EEEEK!!


a replacement EV battery will cost about $1000. Now, it's about $1400.

 

Proof?


Originally posted by: tom

a replacement EV battery will cost about $1000. Now, it's about $1400.

 

Proof?


        There is nothing cheap about EV's except for the talk touting them

Originally posted by: David Miller

        There is nothing cheap about EV's except for the talk touting them


Yes, and soon Elon will be tits up.

Cuurent Battery life expectancy is 12-15 years in moderate climates.

Car and Driver

 

And thats a metric (much like battery charge mileage) that has got better almost every year since they started making EV cars.    In other words,  2010 called - they want their complaint back..

The next thing you know, Sleepy will explain what 20 spy baloons are flooting and taking pictures over the US.

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