Seems this was tried in France for awhile, and I think it's now all but gone. (Cheap EV with Battery Lease) Though I think one of the Chinese brands; Nio (IIRC) was also doing this with great success in China.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 9:55 AM Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > I keep thinking (and fearing) that the auto industry will start using the > "cheap printer and expensive ink" model. In the early 1900's, Henry Ford > observed, "If I owned the gas stations, I'd *give* the cars away." > > So what happens if an auto company begins offering cheap or free cars, but > only as long as you rent their batteries, and charge at their charging > stations? > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20231120/35a6abc5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
