07-20-2017, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Salmon with Arms
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
The big problem right now is no one is going to pay $45 000 for a $20 000 American hatchback. Tesla does OK because it's a bit of a niche manufacturer, but that pool of customers is shallow. They are still to expensive. And if we have to throw government rebates to make them affordable then I just don't see that working in mass market quantities.
In the end, batteries are still a massive limit. Tesla can't make enough of them, and they are expensive. Yes, costs are decreasing, but it just isn't enough. I believe only a break through is going to solve this problem, and you here about them all the time, but until they can fix this issue at a commercial scale, EV's are going to be a niche player in the market.
Plug-in hybrids, one the other hand, I think are going to fill the gap in a massive way.
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