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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
Using your charts, something that cost $40K in 2012 should be under $5k in 2022, and yet it isn't, buy a factor of 5:1. Your own facts are off by ~500% from your own predictions.
And we haven't even discussed the "antiquated replacement part" cost factor, which you have already acknowledge is a thing, and will continue to be a thing.
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The link I provided was for a Tesla Roaster, it was all I could find for a direct real world quote in under a few minutes of googling. So the comparison isn't going to be 1:1. Understandably, it's not a very good example. But I did find this:
60kwh battery replacement for $35k in 2013 . So that's $583/kwh or $707/kwh in 2021 dollars.
The Tesla 100kwh battery replacement in this thread costing $26k is $260/kwh. So that's 63% cheaper than what it cost per kwh in 2013. Is this more or less wrong than your claim that it is NOT getting cheaper?
The graphs I provided is for cost of the battery itself, and does not, to my knowledge, include ancillary parts, labor, and distribution expenses that are involved in replacing said batteries in existing customer cars. It was merely to show that the overall cost is down significantly.
I provided two graphs, and 2 real world examples of price of batteries going down per kwh since 2010. I haven't seen any posts from anyone of prices going up to support that claim.
This, in addition to someone else's false claim that all EVs are 5000lbs++ speaks for itself. While I respect that someone might not LIKE the EV, which is completely subjective, disputing false statements shouldn't have anything to do with personal preference.