• 0tan0d@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Just what do you think is easier to make. A battery where sheets of metal are coated in a liquid, dried, cut, rolled, and placed in a box? or all the parts needing milling and placement for a an automatic transmission engine?

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      2 days ago

      I don’t know what’s easier to make. I do know what’s more expensive.

      If you get a vehicle that’s very efficient and give it 150 miles of range, they can be quite a bit less expensive, but we also know no one will buy them.

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        2 days ago

        Get up to date. Lithium packs now cost $108 per kw hr. Or $5500 for a typical pack.

        A catalytic converter on an F150 is $2000.

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          24 hours ago

          Where are you getting this information from? A typical pack is 60kWh at minimum, which is $6500, assuming that rate is correct.