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I think electric cars made by Chevy and all the other big wigs will continue to be too expensive, causing them to be a niche market. I have no idea why they are so expensive though. Right now I could make a 100 mile at 60 mph range lithium based EV for under $15,000 (with maybe $12,000 of it being the batteries). The BMS I made costs a few hundred in parts. To rewind an AC motor is around $1000. A homemade low voltage (144v) AC controller can be made for a few hundred. A charger can be made for a few hundred. Anyone that spends a year on the EV Tech list asking questions can do the same thing.
Then it's just mating the motor to the transmission. The Leaf costs like $32,780 before artificially dropping the price by using tax dollars, and the Volt is being sold for $41,000 I think before tax credits. I think they should take the millions of cars that already exist with bad engines and work on super cheaply converting them, and see if it's still a niche market. They would of course have to do some basic brake repair and stuff, but I think it would work. There is absolutely no reason any car company would do that though. Here, buy this older car instead? haha
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