The fuel is expensive but the battery even more expensive.I mean the car that powered by electric.We really need to protect our environment but we still too relay on oil .That's the problem we have faced nowadays.
Battery electric vehicles still not in the main stream and the price are expensive,should we go hybrid car or we just stick with transitional petrol car. Which is better in term of cost?
Problem: Battery electric vehicles (EVs) are expensive.
Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan Motor last week announced prices for their i-MiEV and Leaf battery-only electric cars, in production already or about to debut, at 3.98 million yen ($42,520) and 3.76 million yen respectively before state subsidies, several times the cost of equivalent cars.
Reality bites with driving ranges of about 100 miles, far less than for a petrol car which U.S. customers expect to exceed 300 miles.
And electric cars have to contend with the multibillion-dollar cost of a new charging infrastructure, although they benefit from running costs at about a quarter of gasoline at today's prices, according to electric car advocates.
"The electric vehicle sector certainly has momentum, but it's questionable whether it has the legs for the longer term, at least at the moment, and whether it has enough scale," said Peter Wells at Cardiff University's Center for Automotive Industry Research, who expected big cost reductions.
Success depends on drivers accepting limitations on range and on re-charging time, which takes several hours, said Pierre Gaudillat, research and development manager at the UK-funded Carbon Trust.
"I don't see any major breakthrough on the horizon," he said. Customers may have to compromise on what they expect from a car, perhaps tailored for commuting, and from ownership, for example buying the car but renting the expensive battery.
Hybrid gasoline-electric cars overcome the range problem but are still pricey because of their complexity and battery costs.But if the large scale is implemented ,it could be difference story.
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