News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up. Parent comment

Re:Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up by jsight on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:02PM (#21716459)
The Model 3 weighs hundreds of lb more than its equivalent in an ICE car, not 3x as much. These numbers are still improving as well.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up by basch on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:07PM (#21716512)
I dont think the comparison is to ICE but to a car on a rail/line that doesnt need to carry its energy at all (or only a small battery for the last 30 miles.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up by toomuchtodo on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:27PM (#21716751)
That is an unreasonable comparison to make, considering EVs are competing with ICE vehicles, not trains or busses.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up by basch on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:31PM (#21716789)
But this is a tangent about rails and wires vs EV, not ICE.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up by maxerickson on Thursday December 05, 2019 @06:32PM (#21717836)
It's a tangent about how to power personal vehicles, which are overwhelmingly powered by the gasoline.

Is that just path dependence, or maybe there are advantages to having lots of built in range?

[ Parent | on HN ]