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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...



If Battery Technology Costs 90 Percent LESS Than 10 Years Ago, WHY Do The Cars Still Cost SO Much?

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