Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agoOnly 7% of Americans Want Their Next Car to Be Electric, Survey Findsgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up186
arrow-up186external-linkOnly 7% of Americans Want Their Next Car to Be Electric, Survey Findsgizmodo.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square117linkfedilink
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI don’t know what’s easier to make. I do know what’s more expensive. If you get a vehicle that’s very efficient and give it 150 miles of range, they can be quite a bit less expensive, but we also know no one will buy them.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoGet up to date. Lithium packs now cost $108 per kw hr. Or $5500 for a typical pack. A catalytic converter on an F150 is $2000.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoWhere are you getting this information from? A typical pack is 60kWh at minimum, which is $6500, assuming that rate is correct.
I don’t know what’s easier to make. I do know what’s more expensive.
If you get a vehicle that’s very efficient and give it 150 miles of range, they can be quite a bit less expensive, but we also know no one will buy them.
Get up to date. Lithium packs now cost $108 per kw hr. Or $5500 for a typical pack.
A catalytic converter on an F150 is $2000.
Where are you getting this information from? A typical pack is 60kWh at minimum, which is $6500, assuming that rate is correct.