I'm sure the batteries are expensive because thats the way they are priced.
Probably not all that expensive. Look at an internal combustion engine...
the fact that you can even afford one is almost preposterous, it's so exact
and complex. Batteries are much simpler, though probably made of some
really dirty materials. Electric motors are cheap too, relatively. The
recovery systems might be expensive though but won't stay that way once
they become commonplace.

Jim

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 7:24 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey, we are almost into the next Friday!
>
> This should be true if it wasn't for the cost of the batteries, and it’s
> why dealers hate electric vehicles because they require almost no
> maintenance.  Look at Tesla, they don't have physical service centers, they
> are in the cloud.
>
> There goes the dealers' biggest profit center and the jobs with it.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:23 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: VW says it (yawn) again...the bus
>
> If you left out a car's transmission, internal combustion engine, steering
> gear to the driver, brakes, instruments and other systems that keep the
> driver informed, they should be dirt cheap, right?
>
> : )
>
> Jim
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:20 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >                 BT
> >
> >         I "Sorta" 2nd that ~ Would @Least be nice to have it be
> > OwnerFixable ~
> >
> > While I Do ReallyLike the AllElectric prospects of this VW, I do Hope
> > that VW
> >
> > will market a Non-SelfDriving Version & Price it such that the Masses
> > are able
> >
> > to Afford It ~
> >
> >                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
> >
> >
> > On 9 Jan , 2017, at 8:56 PM, Bruce Todd wrote:
> >
> > > I would rather have the new concept van fix itself than drive itself.
> > >
> > > BT
> > >
> >
>
>