[Chad C. Mulligan]

COST to manufacture?

Or PRICE to the consumer?

Big difference there. Are the EV vehicle makers gouging?

[pepsionice]

I did the Ecar test (Audi Etron) back right before Covid. Nice vehicle. At the end, I had two questions....what the total cost was for change-out and disposal (old battery). Dealer could state the battery cost and change-out (was supposed to require around 6 hours of mechanic time, from beginning to end). But on disposal...he couldn’t say because they had yet to reach one single situation where a change-out was required.

Then I asked if the customer himself could do the battery-swap-out....’no’ was the answer....if you wanted the warranty to continue.

For these reasons, and the continuing saga of the cost for electricity...I said ‘no’. I’ll refuse to ever buy one.

[moovova]

Wait'll these cobalt-mining yutes unionize. Battery prices will skyrocket...