EV prices are going in the wrong direction
by Andrew J. Hawkins from The Verge - All Posts on (#62VR1)
Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images One of the major barriers to mass adoption of electric vehicles is cost. EVs are just way too expensive, with the average price hitting an all-time high earlier this summer of $66,000. That's disappointing because the auto industry has always promised that prices would come down as EV battery packs became more efficient to manufacture.
But even more disappointing is the rate that EV prices are increasing as compared to their gas equivalents. According to a recent analysis by car shopping database iSeeCars, electric car prices saw a year-over-year increase of 54.3 percent while gas-powered cars were up just 10.1 percent.
The reason EV prices have shot up at such a staggering rate is multilayered. There's a global chip shortage, which...