That's probably the amount they'd pay for a pack. You know how government requisitioning works. Take the market price, quintuple it, then call it the lowest bid.
US Lithium Battery Plants delivering....
Saw this news piece on Yahoo today - Sept. 13
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/us_electric_cars
Where did the US Govt get their $30,000.00 price tag for a 100 mile battery pack?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/us_electric_cars
Where did the US Govt get their $30,000.00 price tag for a 100 mile battery pack?
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Their Lithium pack is multipurpose: it not only charges but it also discharges.... Remember the $400 hammer hearings?Where did the US Govt get their $30,000.00 price tag for a 100 mile battery pack?
So A123 and others have the Gov believing the cells are that expensive now so in 4 years they'll be selling them at the prices we currently pay today. Nice. And then we won't be able to buy them anyway because OEMs will gobble them up.
JR
Yeah, $299,000,000/99 = $3,322,222. So apparently it takes $3 million dollars to make 1 job. No wonder why unemployment is so high...
Anyone like me who has built and drives an EV knows that mileage is a function of weight, voltage, ampere hours, rolling resistance, drag co-efficient and speed.
To blindly state that a 100 mile battery pack costs $30,000.00 is pure fiction.
The recent price tag for a Nissan Leaf is right around $32,000.00 US
and they claim a 100 mile range. So the car less the batteries costs $2,000.00 ?
For right about $10,000.00 US you could buy 40 TS 200ah Lithiums and installed in a vehicle weighing less than 2500lbs - you should be able to achieve a 100 mile range at moderate speeds of 40 -50mph.
To blindly state that a 100 mile battery pack costs $30,000.00 is pure fiction.
The recent price tag for a Nissan Leaf is right around $32,000.00 US
and they claim a 100 mile range. So the car less the batteries costs $2,000.00 ?
For right about $10,000.00 US you could buy 40 TS 200ah Lithiums and installed in a vehicle weighing less than 2500lbs - you should be able to achieve a 100 mile range at moderate speeds of 40 -50mph.
Why the surprise, that's like everyone on this board!So the car less the batteries costs $2,000.00 ?
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