We are just not out of the innovators stage of the adoption curve is all. All new technology takes time to be accepted by the masses.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone-------- Original message --------From: EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> Date: 3/1/2016 3:46 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Batteries are King (A Gigafactory Challenge) I'm hardly an expert on these matters, but over 7000 cells in a battery? Good grief. With the stupefying amount of labor that has to go into assembling such batteries, I don't see how Tesla (or anyone) can ever build an EV for the masses By this I mean an EV that anyone can afford, with performance (including range) pretty close to an equivalent ICEV. I don't mean a $37k EV (you don't really think that $7500 subsidy is going to last, do you?). I'm talking about an EV that costs what an ICE Toyota Yaris or Honda Fit costs, or less, and presents the same creature comforts, with a range of at least 200 miles. We know that 100 mile range is plenty. A few people will accept that, and a few will pay a premium over the cost of an equivalent ICEV. Most won't. That's why used Leafs are so unsettlingly cheap - it's supply and demand. IMO, EVs won't become truly mainstream until they cost not just the same as, but LESS than equivalent ICEVs. I actually hope I'm proven wrong, but from here I don't see that happening with an EV battery containing thousands of tiny cells. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160301/eb362972/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
