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The Godfather Of EVs with Dr Andy Palmer

The Fully Charged Podcast

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How to Reduce the Price of a Battery

The energy density per kilogram of the leaf was much lower than we've got now. The price per kilowatt hour to produce a battery pack was huge then. And I can see that, you know, the kind of equivalent size and vehicle as the original leaf have much bigger battery packs that aren't that much heavier because they're more energy dense. But it doesn't reflect that much, you know,. the price, if you just look at the battery pack price, a car with a 250 mile range now, it should cost about 10 grand. No, there's no way that's happening.

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