$8,500 -- Add-On Cost -- Just Like That -- August 15, 2022

EVs: link here. Scorecard.

• cash burn.

Battery costs, link here. 

The most interesting "thing" to watch: whether the "same"battery placed in "all models" of the F-150 Lightning will cost the same, or if the "same" battery will cost more in an otherwise more upscale F-150?

Back to the cost of the battery add-on:

• $8,500 / $50,000 =
• 20% is not trivial
• nor is $8,500 -- that's a lot of gasoline money to pay for something with compromised towing capacity that may not be particularly efficient in really cold weather.
• but not my concern.