Dave Plowman (News) ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

Batteries will be even cheaper and better. Technology has moved
vastly prompted by mobile phones.

Or using dribbles simplistic arguments price up a replacement mobile
phone battery then multiply by x times to arrive at the likely cost of
a car one. Oh - and do the same with the charger...

Anybody remember the shenanigans with knock-off Nokia batteries exploding?