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Originally Posted by Loading.....
Before that happens you will need an infrastructure to support all those electric cars hitting the roads. The technology, talent and resources are there to produce more electric cars and put them in the hands of more people across the globe, but you will need an infrastructure to support the demands of all the recharging and byproduct of more electric cars in public. The electric cars will see the same issues and problems the gasoline powered cars encounter in the early 1900 -- building an infrastructure so that the average person will not be limited by a certain range of the car they are driving.
Releasing the patents is just going to eliminate Telsa's Economic MOAT. The real issue is infrastructure.
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Not to burst your bubble, but the Infrastructure-Free EV is already here. It happened in 2011.
I can drive to New York from California with no range anxiety, yet on a normal day I use $1.10 worth of electricity to drive 40 miles. We have used 22 gallons of gasoline in 5600 miles, about 233 miles per gallon. 300 mile non-stop round trips aren't a big deal at 75 mph, and will get a speeding ticket on any grade in the Western US. It refuels 9 gallons of gas in a couple of minutes, and recharges in 3.5 hours, or 8 hours on 120v standard wall outlet.
I never wait for it to recharge, and it has fairly high performance and excellent handling.
After rebates, they cost $25k, and have a 5 star crash rating.
Yes, it's a Chevy Volt. Probably the best thought out car, and best engineered mode of transportation of all time.
Crappy performance, range anxiety, and insane pricing is no more.
But, I didn't buy it to Save The Blunt Nose Lizard. My shoes are made from dead baby seals.
It's fun and easy to drive, and is quicker in stop and go traffic than our 556HP CTS-V.
Sadly, most people don't even know it exists. Give the choice between a Z06, a 12 second Pickup, a CTS-V, and a Volt, when it's time to go do errands or take the kids to and from school, I take the Volt. And I don't CARE about fuel economy. It's just a better tool for the job, and gets it done quicker.