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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (851)7/23/2008 1:37:11 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 86355
 
The Volt would be more likely to replace Priuses or other high mileage cars than it would be to replace the average car or a low mileage car.

Also when considering spending now to save money over time the time value of money is important, and isn't something that you should not account for.

Also many people don't keep their cars for 100,000 miles.

Then with economies of scale, they will get that price down from $35K to something closer to $25K.

Closer to $25? Yes (at least in real terms, in nominal terms you have to consider that inflation is happening at the same time that economies of scale are improving), one cent less is closer, and economies of scale could improve things a lot more than that.

Close? Maybe, but it isn't exactly something you can count on.
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