Cost of EV Batteries

Thermoguy wrote:

The most important point of an EV is not the LiIon battery, that will change in the near future. The concept of not relying on a standard gas station to refill your vehicle is the win for EV. Charging at home, charging at work, Charging while waiting at a red light or driving a charged road, that's what's coming. I think they have a solar road in Norway or somewhere similar.

And an equally important point is that you can't rely on a standard gas station when you're not at home, work or in many of the vast and many not so vast areas that have little to no EV charging infrastructure. Or if you live in an apartment or have to park on street or outside your garage (where also in many urban and suburban areas, it's a virtual guarantee that you'll need a large stock of charging cords to replace the ones that get stolen regularly).

It's back to the same story....for now, EVs are largely NOT economical from an overall cost standpoint, they are not well suited for many folks and not well suited to many areas and many of them are merely a status symbol. (Not like other ICE vehicles aren't, but someone shelling out 6 figures for a midsize or half ton Etruck isn't doing it to save the planet or to save their wallet.)