Power surge
The slow pickup of electric-car sales puts more emphasis on batteries’ energy density
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The battery replacement cost
The battery replacement cost is somewhere between $12 and 20K and the life is projected to be 5 years. Unless the cost of the battery is drastically lowered and the range is substantially increased the electric car is short-circuited.