bc4284 t1_is4gqul wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:10 AM

Reply to comment by AThreeToedSloth in A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced today by Wagamaga

Now when are electric vehicles going to be actually equally as affordable to the gas only models so that those of us living on a low income as low wage workers can afford an electric vehicle as a daily driver for work commutes

madd0cc t1_is4qt89 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 8:30 AM

It takes time, at one point horse and buggy was way cheaper than automobiles. The more adoption, the cheaper the cost. We gotta start somewhere.

dmglakewood t1_is72krw wrote on October 13, 2022 at 7:44 PM

A quick search shows a nice (non-ac) fiberglass buggy costs 7,000$ and a Standardbred race horse (whatever that means) is 3,000$. The harness is another 500$. So all in you're at 10,500$. The average new car price in the US is 47,000$. So it seems as though horse and buggy is still way cheaper than an automobile. I'm not sure that your example works well in this situation.

madd0cc t1_is7i3tp wrote on October 13, 2022 at 9:24 PM

Sure you're right but what I meant is that while a car is still more expensive than horse and buggy, you still choose the car. You're paying for convenience or practicality of the times. Meaning you don't have to take care of a horse and you get more distance out of a car than a horse, etc. Also I'm sure the differential between a car and horse at that time period was way larger than it was today. Not to mention, you'd have to adjust for inflation, standards of living, etc. You can do the math but I'm not disagreeing that they should cost less.

I think electric cars should cost less than ICE car. There's way less parts but with raw materials market the way they are now, not sure what's going to happen. Almost all the manufacturers are supposed to release cheaper electric cars but they keep adjusting the price with the damn subsidies the gov provides which is plain f'd up.