Looking at the long-term implications of our electric vehicle project (see www.Weald-EVT.co.uk) makes one wonder wether there should be a different pricing model for the cost of the batteries.
The bulk of the cost is the initial purchase. This passes the cost onto the purchaser of the vehicle at the outset, which can make the whole concept uneconomic. Imagine if you bought a car and had to pay a few thousand £'s extra to "pre-order" the petrol or diesel you need, and then paid a few pennies to collect that fuel as you required it. I'm not sure it would work...
So why do it with batteries? Perhaps we need a model whereby you pay a nominal charge for the batteries and then pay the battery supplier a 'top-up' charge over time. That might not suit them, but how many more batteries would they sell if the technology became economically more attractive?
What are your thoughts?
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