In the last few years, seemingly every car company has begun investing heavily in electric vehicles. Ford said it would “lead America’s shift to EVs.” GM sai...
I think plug-in hybrids are probably the way, particularly outside the US where Tesla hasn’t made a bid for controlling the charging network by overinvesting in proprietary charging spots.
At that point it’s probably the price that is the issue, but otherwise that seems to be the proposal that people are most comfortable with. The scalability of “EVs as tech toys” upstart approach has always been a bit weird, and without that leading the way as much I don’t know that there are incentives to fully transition without an in-between step.
I think plug-in hybrids are probably the way, particularly outside the US where Tesla hasn’t made a bid for controlling the charging network by overinvesting in proprietary charging spots.
At that point it’s probably the price that is the issue, but otherwise that seems to be the proposal that people are most comfortable with. The scalability of “EVs as tech toys” upstart approach has always been a bit weird, and without that leading the way as much I don’t know that there are incentives to fully transition without an in-between step.