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Re:How big oil will die by Animats on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:42PM (#14974837)
That's from May 2017.

It costs less to make an IC engine than to make an electric drivetrain. Replacement cost for a Tesla drivetrain is about $6000 - $15000. Replacement for an volume-product automotive engine is about $2,250 to $4,000. Detroit put a lot of effort over the years into making engine manufacture cheap.

Re:How big oil will die by mhmiles on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @07:44PM (#14974853)
Pretty sure you’re not finding a new engine for a BMW 5 series for $4000 and that’s a cheaper car than Tesla S/X
Re:How big oil will die by sndean on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:13PM (#14975046)
Interestingly, replacing the Nissan Leaf's worn out battery will cost ~$6000. Looking up the price of a Nissan Leaf I could buy from the closest car max: it'd cost ~$8000.

I wonder if vehicle manufacture (not necessarily battery) is going to be cheap enough to simply throw out your car whenever the battery dies?