from $13,500 USD (list price)
$108 USD per kWh
Lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 8% to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, according to BloombergNEF.
Source
- Figure
- $108 USD per kWh
- Scope
- World (volume-weighted average) · 2025
- Type of figure
- analyst survey
- Source
- Primary Analyst survey (press release)
- Publisher
- BloombergNEF
- Title
- Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Fall to $108 Per Kilowatt-Hour, Despite Rising Metal Prices
- Published
- Accessed
- Last verified
- URL
- https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/lithium-ion-battery-pack-prices-fall-to-108-per-kilowatt-hour-despite-rising-metal-prices-bloombergnef/
- Archived copy
- Wayback Machine (20261013225609)
- Link check
- Resolves (HTTP 200), Oct 25, 2026
“…ithium-ion battery pack prices have dropped 8% since 2024 to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour…”
Caveats
- Across all end uses; relevant to robot and drone battery costs, not robot-specific.
Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).
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APA
Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 8% to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, according to BloombergNEF [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/lithium-ion-battery-pack-price-2025/Chicago
Whirrwork. “Lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 8% to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, according to BloombergNEF.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/lithium-ion-battery-pack-price-2025/.MLA
“Lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 8% to a record low of $108 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, according to BloombergNEF.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/lithium-ion-battery-pack-price-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.BibTeX
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author = {{Whirrwork}},
title = {{Lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 8\% to a record low of \$108 per kilowatt-hour in 2025, according to BloombergNEF}},
howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
url = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/lithium-ion-battery-pack-price-2025/},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Original source: BloombergNEF, Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Fall to \$108 Per Kilowatt-Hour, Despite Rising Metal Prices (2025-12-09). Licensed CC BY 4.0}
}Original source (APA)
BloombergNEF. (2025, December 9). Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Fall to $108 Per Kilowatt-Hour, Despite Rising Metal Prices. https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/lithium-ion-battery-pack-prices-fall-to-108-per-kilowatt-hour-despite-rising-metal-prices-bloombergnef/For third-party figures, please credit the original source as well as (or instead of) Whirrwork.
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