The Nissan Leafs and others EV are items not intended to sell, so we don't buy. 100Kw DIY car conversion with batteries of the same autonomy will cost around 10.000€. Who is the guy or girl who they would buy a 36000€ car that you will need to wait every 175km, a full 24KWh charge. At around 2.4€/100km this car is not even capaable of working in a big town as Taxi or cab service, some of them drive 250km or 500km a day.
We have in spain 6000€ of Federal subvention of 6000€, so 30000€ you pay in Spain, but taxes applied to that income, so more than 30000€, maybe 33000€ will cost you after discounts.
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Why GM did and Opel/Vauxhall Calibra conversion to EV-1, lowered cd from 0.35 to 0.19 and first proptotypes did cost around 40000$. It's a car we will never buy even with and ICE burning H2 or Methane...