Allkem General Discussion, page-2697

According to the experts of the German stock exchange, probably shows resistance on the part of the Chinese population to the high EV prices!
One no longer wants to accept that these are significantly above those of internal combustion engines.
I think they are right!

A normal passenger car has about 1400 components only for engine and transmission, all of which are purchased and processed from the raw material (mostly mechanical - labor costs) whereas an EV comes along with only a seventh of the components, which then also with a much higherautomation level (job cuts - personnel costs), which in turn can be derived from the exorbitant profits of the companies in the balance sheets.

Thus also the question arises; "In how far is lithium too expensive?"

For me personally the following comes to bear here:
The car manufacturers knew about the tax advantages with the EV and have these on top of the production prices, just like we are doing at the moment.with the energy prices.