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In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electricity Over Gasoline in Record Numbers
(blog.ucsusa.org)
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
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It's really great to watch this transition in real time. Even if this is just a small part of reducing overall carbon emissions, it's important that this happens in the passenger vehicle space.
It makes me wonder how many of these consumers have been sold on the idea of electric vehicles for many years. And now, since the products exist, we get to see them act on their preference.
It's also up to $15k in tax credits and lower prices from Tesla, makes a huge difference when they're affordable.
During the last century, automakers had a habit of putting all kinds of crazy engines in their cars in an attempt to get more sales, and they usually they tend to ended in failure. EVs were no different and were actually advertised as far back as the 80s or late 70s, but faced yet another uphill battle. I don't think they ever expected the technology to actually be feasible, let alone get government and public support.
Nah it was always an energy capacity and density per $ issue. Battery technology doesn’t improve as fast as compute but it has followed a steady ~10% yearly increase. Seems that when one tech plateaus another picks up. Solid state will get us to 4-500 mi/charge. Even electric planes will eventually happen.