Comments on: US Department Of Energy Backtracking On 1 Million EVs By 2015 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 21:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-150236 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-150236 Thanks. per kilowatt hour. Updated.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-150237 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-150237 Yeah, I’d be optimistic at this point.

]]> By: Zachary Shahan http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-150238 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-150238 Completely agree.

]]> By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-150097 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:25:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-150097 It’s only one report, but…

“Battery prices will be down to €180–200 per kWh for large-format battery cells in 2014/2015.”

That’s $238 – 264/kWh.

http://www.rolandberger.us/media/pdf/Roland_Berger_Li-Ion-Batteries-Bubble_20121019.pdf

It’s backed by information about how battery manufacturers are having to sell at close to cost of manufacturing in order to stay in business. We’ve got excess manufacturing capacity and companies are not going to be profitable until sales of EVs increase.

That’s going to be good for EV prices. We might expect significant price drops in 2014.

]]> By: Otis11 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-150087 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-150087 First off, quixotic – you are amazing. Period.

Second – If we only need to double sales to meet the 1 million goal, I’d still give us a fair shot at reaching it. History has shown that these types of technology grow exponentially as technological improvements lower cost and increase performance. Just look at the leaf – for many Americans it now makes sense to buy a leaf instead of a ICE for a commuter car. Still going to be hard, but I’m fairly hopeful still.

]]> By: David Fuchs http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-149864 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-149864 One thing you need to fix in the article is the line “$650 to about $300″. 650-300 what? kWh?

]]> By: Alex S http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/04/us-department-of-energy-backtracking-on-1-million-evs-by-2015/#comment-149829 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:09:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=47951#comment-149829 “To reach the 1 million EV milestone, demand needs to nearly double”
That’s all? I feel like it’s a bit soon to be writing off the 1 million sales target then. For starters, Tesla, VIA, and Ford only just joined the race. And if fleet vehicles included, that could start boosting the numbers significantly as more and more companies start realizing it’s way more cost effective to replace their work vehicles with plug-ins.

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