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Old Posted Jul 5, 2016, 3:37 PM
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Originally Posted by acottawa View Post
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the price of electricity has to fall significantly or the price of gasoline has to rise significantly (100km of charge costs about $3 in ontario, 100km of gasoline costs under $2 in a smallish car), batteries have to double or triple their capacity for a comparable size and weight, and the price of electric cars has to fall by about 50%.

Is it possible these things will happen? Yes. Is it probable? Not sure.
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I have a "smallish" car and it gets about 600km on the highway with 45l of gas... thats about $7.50 per 100km... significantly more expensive than electricity (assuming the electricity figure is accurate).
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