Your video about the sensors on the catalytic converter made me appreciate just how complicated ICE engines are. It's one reason why the high price of EVs is so perplexing... Electric motors are so much simpler, why do we pay a price premium for them? Is it all in the cost of the batteries?

March 21, 2026 - 15:49 UTC

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It is indeed mostly in the cost of the batteries.

If batteries were free EVs would be much less expensive to produce than ICE cars. But on the total cost-of-ownership metric we're already well past the tipping point, and we're close on the purchase cost metric.
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Lithium price crashed over the last 2 years (tho going back up due to, current events). I have hope it will contribute to lower EV prices (i need some hope).
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For shoppers looking at your average mid-sized crossover (like an Equinox) there is already effective price parity between the Equinox EV and the combustion Equinox.

Some people still haven't realized this yet, though.
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Don't forget, we've been making these engines for 150 years. That much development and scale makes them cheaper to build.
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