Quite right, David. Potential customers standing in a UK Renault dealership will be able to say to themselves "OK, this Zoe costs much the same as that (diesel) Clio costs up front but I only have to pay £60/month for the battery instead of £90 for petrol. And I don't have to queue up for fuel in the snow! (Says to salesperson...) Where do I sign?"
MW On 23 Jan 2013, at 09:59, EVDL Administrator wrote: > On 23 Jan 2013 at 9:11, Martin WINLOW wrote: > >> Yes, the price of EVs (batteries) is the defining, obvious issue which stops >> people buying EVs ... > > This is why (at least to me) battery leasing, as is being done with the new > Renault Zoe and at least one other EV in Europe, makes some sense even if > you own the EV. As Bob Batson used to point out (and probably still does), > in an EV, your battery is your fuel. That's because, in terms of cost, it's > the primary consumable that your EV uses up going down the road. The energy > cost is almost trivial by comparison. > > When you lease the battery, the EV's upfront cost becomes comparable with > that of an ICEV. In fact, the EV is potentially cheaper, because the EV is > a less complex vehicle. Your battery lease cost is, effectively, your fuel > cost. Battery leasing eliminates driver worry about battery amortization. > Just think, finally, no more used EVs advertised as "needs batteries"! > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130123/18203c2e/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
