Arlo1 said:But at the end of the day this is a top notch product!
I hope it will be. I did look into the major component costs and yes, your hardware choices certainly make up a large portion of the price. The amount of robustness you have built into it with that hardware is what sells me; the cost of component failure down the track will eat up the purchase price in no time with lower quality equipment on high voltages.
The question was about other people's expectation of the cost, not the cost to build or sell it. My somewhat limited experience of EV enthusiasts is that cost is often the main factor in their component choices and this didn't match in my mind with the anticipated price of the equipment. If the average enthusiast cannot justify the cost then what is the chance that when I come to buy one they are no longer available due to lower than expected sales?