I want one!

[Dresden]

Oh wow. I'll start dishing out money when they've integrated a weapons system. I'll settle for no less than .50 cal BMG.

 

[KimB]

Well, Foxtrot was a bit on the high side. I believe the expected cost is actually $80k, which is roughly middle-of-the-road for your high-end sports cars.

 

[kyleb]

Semi on topic to the way off topic conversation in this thread:

http://www.laramiecrocker.com/cartoons/5stages-horiz.jpg

 

[Rur0ni]

Semi on topic to the way off topic conversation in this thread:

http://www.laramiecrocker.com/cartoons/5stages-horiz.jpg

Great one.

 

[Humus]

Full charge in 3.5 hours? Ouch. I sure hope you don't ever need to go somewhere that's more than 250 miles away...

It'll still be faster than flying with a connection through Chicago O'hare...

 

[ANova]

So someone is finally making use of the electric car. Only took 30 years.

Sadly though it looks like they're going to charge a ridiculous sum of money for this and once again when the batteries need to be replaced.

 

[KimB]

So someone is finally making use of the electric car. Only took 30 years.

Sadly though it looks like they're going to charge a ridiculous sum of money for this and once again when the batteries need to be replaced.

Well, at least with this car the cost of the batteries is sure to be relatively small compared to the cost of the car as a whole.

 

[Fox5]

Well, at least with this car the cost of the batteries is sure to be relatively small compared to the cost of the car as a whole.

I'd betting the batteries cost roughly half the cost of the car.

 

[KimB]

I'd betting the batteries cost roughly half the cost of the car.

Hmmm. I was expecting closer to $20k. Any particular reason why you think it'd be that much?

 

[nelg]

Hmmm. I was expecting closer to $20k. Any particular reason why you think it'd be that much?

I would wager that they are insisting on top quality ones to curtail the potential of overheating batteries (or explosions, fires. etc.). Also I recall that they plan of having each one individually encased for saftey reasons.

 

[Fox5]

Hmmm. I was expecting closer to $20k. Any particular reason why you think it'd be that much?

Well, besides all the safety measures, that's an awful lot of batteries, and I just think $20k seems a bit low unless you mean the cost to produce them. I'd imagine that replacement batteries will be sold at a significant mark up, so even if it really is only a quarter of the cost of the car, I doubt replacement batteries will be cheap.