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The Chevrolet Silverado EV Will Apparently Not Have a $40K Base Price

The Truth About Cars

It looks like the first units for sale will be the $79,800 4WT trim -- these trucks are meant for fleet sales. Cheap EV trucks will likely be on the market someday. The $74,000 3WT trim is soon to follow, and AG speculates that the lower trims won't come in at less than $60K. Today, it appears, is not that day.

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

Speaking of home battery solutions, GM Energy also plans to sell one of those, though that unit won’t be for sale until later this year (same with solar integration, which will also come this year). That’s important, because the system isn’t cheap. Batteries will be available in 10, 17, and 35kWh packages.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. How long GM will be able to keep that price in the face of battery cost increases and inflationary pressure, is anyone’s guess. Buying a new car is the second most expensive purchase a consumer makes behind buying a house.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By contrast, the last time BYD executives traveled to the Detroit auto show they rented a suburban house to save the cost of hotel rooms. This attention to costs is one reason that BYD has made money consistently even as it has expanded into new businesses. Electric cars will be one answer. tons of carbon dioxide. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not.

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