alt Hacker News"If it weren't for the batteries, EVs would be much cheaper than ICE vehicles."
And yet I've watched as $/kWh for battery component prices is 1/3rd of what it was 8 years ago (when I got my Chevy Volt) but EV prices have not appreciably gone down.
"If it weren't for the batteries, EVs would be much cheaper than ICE vehicles."
And yet I've watched as $/kWh for battery component prices is 1/3rd of what it was 8 years ago (when I got my Chevy Volt) but EV prices have not appreciably gone down.
Yeah I think this is a combination of greater range and the ceasing of EV subsidization.
It would be nice if there were some options that had much less range than is now possible, at a substantial discount.