Every time the talk of alternative energy vehicles surfaces (you know, the cars no one wants), the first thing I do is the math.
Because, if the arithmetic doesn’t work, what is the point?
It’s awesome to save money at the pump but at the end of the year if I spent MORE than if I just bought a gasoline car it's kind of dumb to me.
Let me qualify what I’m saying because I know you're thinking I'm a hater at this point.
Before you go there realize I’ve already owned two Prius cars.
Why? Because with the gas savings the small premium over say a Honda Civic works out in my favor.
But the rest of them, not so much.
$40k for a Volt? Leaf? I don’t see ANY benefit for those over a Prius.
We here at Auto Spies have always been of the belief that a $13k Prius would do more the environment and for people than a 100k Tesla.
So when I read this article in the WSJ, I had to scratch my head.
It’s an article dedicated to the Chevy Bolt and in the body copy it mentions battery technology costs 1/10 of what it cost 10 years ago.
That made me ask this 64,000 question…
WHY THE F DO THESE THINGS STILL COST SO GD MUCH?????
$40K for a BOLT? C’mon man!
Tell us Spies, how could these cars using mostly the SAME technology, still cost what they do?
Spies, discuss...