Battery
Type
Cost
$ per Wh
Wh/kg
Lead-acid $0.17 41
Alkaline long-life $0.19 110
Carbon-zinc $0.31 36
NiMH $0.99 95
NiCad $1.50 39
Lithium-ion $0.47 128
Gasoline $0.0001 10250


Costs of lithium-ion batteries are falling rapidly in the race to develop new electric vehicles. The $0.47 price per watt-hour above is for the Nissan Leaf automobile, and they predict a target cost of $0.37 per watt-hour. Tesla Automobiles uses a smaller battery pack, and they are optimistic about reaching a price of $0.20 per watt-hour in the near future.

 

source of above: http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/Battery-Energy.html