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The battery costs are all that prevent electric cars from being cheaper.


I found this:

> Bereisa based his analysis on the base Model 3 being offered with a 60 kWh battery, like the Bolt, and on Tesla achieving a cost of ~$190/kWh. He estimates that Tesla’s current battery pack cost (cells, casing, cooling and entire pack) is at $260/kWh, while GM’s is at $215/kWh. GM’s cells and battery pack are manufactured by its partner LG Chem.

On Elektrek.co

Let's say you need a 50 kWh battery to have a usable range, and it costs $ 190/kWh, then the battery will cost $ 9,500 dollar.

And that is within the next 2 years. So.. it's going down extremely fast.


Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?




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