What they found was that the cost of battery backs for electric vehicles has decreased from about $1,000 per kWh in 2007 to about $450 per kWh in 2014. And that's taking all battery electric vehicle manufacturers into account. When you separate out the largest companies making electric vehicles, the cost reductions get even more dramatic. â[T]he cost of battery packs used by market-leading BEV manufacturers are even lower, at US$300 per kWh,â the researchers added.
Depending on whether you file Chapter 7 or Chapter 13, the bankruptcy will fall off your report in ten or seven years. However, if none of your accounts are more than ten years old, a bankruptcy may effectively put you in the same spot as an 18-year old with no credit history.
For your Experian credit report, having filed a Chapter 13, in which you pay down your debts for several years before any are erased, the bankruptcy will stay on your credit report for seven years from the filing date. The date on which your case was dismissed does not affect these timelines.