Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Structural factors (Infrastructure decisions and global shocks to fuel prices) are going to do far more to determine which fuel source wins out — this is not purely demand-driven; this is an “If you build it, they will come&# situation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. Utilities would have to compensate car owners for both the electricity they provide and the battery degradation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. Lead batts are around 98% recycled.

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