[dcb]

Well the other thing to consider is that most people faced with a decision like "lead vs lithium" are considering building something, and it is going to be somewhat experimental in nature so they don't yet have a feel for how it will accelerate/etc. So since they don't even know if they will like the final result of their experiment yet there is a strong impetus to keep initial costs down, which favors lead to a large degree (including chargers and bms, etc).

As more EV's appear and people get more experience with what the numbers actually "feel" like, I expect that more will choose lithium style with confidence however.