[electrico]

What do you think, who will get the $25K Battery electric car? Tesla, GM or Nissan?



The $25K Battery Electric Car: Tesla's Elon Musk Talks The Talk As GM and Nissan Walk The Walk

 

[Duncan]

What do you think, who will get the $25K Battery electric car? Tesla, GM or Nissan?



The $25K Battery Electric Car: Tesla's Elon Musk Talks The Talk As GM and Nissan Walk The Walk

The Chinese will be first

Nissan and GM may be next - but their offerings will not meet Musk's minimum requirement for a Tesla - "I will not make a slow car"

 

[PhantomPholly]

They are already being built - they're called Neighborhood Electric Vehicles and golf carts. As batteries improve, both will benefit and NEVs will "merge" with EVs.

 

[brian_]

They are already being built - they're called Neighborhood Electric Vehicles and golf carts. As batteries improve, both will benefit and NEVs will "merge" with EVs.

I don't think that was what was intended. And it makes no more sense to me for NEVs to "merge" with regular highway-capable EVs than it does for gas-engined low-speed vehicles (again, including golf carts) to merge with regular highway-capable engine-driven cars.

 

[PhantomPholly]

I don't think that was what was intended.

I know, but really an NEV is already an Electric Vehicle - just a bit slower, and doesn't meet highway standards. Point was that price now is all about the battery, which is dropping by 50% about every 6-7 years.

And it makes no more sense to me for NEVs to "merge" with regular highway-capable EVs than it does for gas-engined low-speed vehicles (again, including golf carts) to merge with regular highway-capable engine-driven cars.

That's kind of a nit, poTAYtoe or pahTAHtoe?

 

[brian_]

I know, but really an NEV is already an Electric Vehicle - just a bit slower, and doesn't meet highway standards. Point was that price now is all about the battery, which is dropping by 50% about every 6-7 years.

While I agree that battery cost is the biggest factor, everything about a NEV is cheap compared to a high-speed vehicle, literally from the tires to the roof, door to door, and bumper to bumper.

 

[PhantomPholly]

While I agree that battery cost is the biggest factor, everything about a NEV is cheap compared to a high-speed vehicle, literally from the tires to the roof, door to door, and bumper to bumper.

True - but the original question was why aren't there any $25k cars. An NEV is a street legal car - just not one which satisfies you...