Re: Electric Rangers for sale

On 2007-06-19 01:25:04 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®" <entropic3.14decay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

The truck looks really nice. 95 mph, 0-60 of 10 sec, 100 mi range.
But the site is a little cryptic. I couldn't find a price, or battery
price.
Do you know what they're asking?
They claim 500 cars being made in 2007, 6,000 in 2008.

It hasn't been announced to the public yet, officially.

However, according to my sources. . . The trucks today cost well in excess of $100,000 to manufacture, due to the advanced batteries (i.e. $70,000 worth of batteries, plus motor, power electronics, low-volume production). They are planning to sell the trucks in California for $45,000 each, which would earn them 40 ZEV credits per truck. Phoenix believe they can sell the ZEV credits to other manufacturers for $5,000 each, for a total of $200,000 per truck.

This economic theory is not yet proven, the say the least.

Eventually these batteries will be mass-produced, vehicles will be mass-produced, and the cost will plummet, the same as we've seen happen with other technologies. It will take at least several years, though. I doubt whether we'll ever see electric vehicles as inexpensive as gasoline-powered ones, but you have to also factor in the lower cost of operating the electrics (in terms of fuel and maintenance), so at some time in the future the balance will tip in their favor. It may be 5 to 10 years away, at a guess.

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Tony Belding, Hamilton Texas

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