Advanced Automotive Technology: Visions of a Super-Efficient Family Car

TABLE 4-10: Sensitivity of Mid-size 2005 EV

Attributes to Input Assumptions

Battery Total

weight weight

EV with lead acid battery

Base specifications^830 2,030

Reduced range (50 miles) 330 1,266

+ reduced performance (-20%) 319 1,230

+ reduced battery cost ($100/kWh)^319 1,230

+ increased motor efficiency (+10%) 270 1155

All except reduced range^603 1,683

Energy

efficiency

0.250

0.156

0.152

0.152

0.127

0.186

Incremental

price

10,900

3,170

2,130

960

410

4,125

SOURCE: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,“Automotive Technologies To Improve Fuel
Economy to 2015,” prepared for the Office of Technology Assessment, June 1995, p. 10-50.