So this view is akin to people preferring their horses over cars outside a city because there were no gas stations or roads. The infrastructure is growing at over 20% annually.
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So this view is akin to people preferring their horses over cars outside a city because there were no gas stations or roads. The infrastructure is growing at over 20% annually.
Still an ignorant concept. You'll pay as much or more for EV's and they don't really reduce emissions. Also, the parts cost way more and are more difficult to fix yourself in many cases.
I had to reread what you wrote. Where did emissions come from?
1/ You brought up range anxiety was which was answered and negated. Maybe today it is a problem in area but will not be in a few years.
You certainly make a lot of assumptions stated as facts
Assumption from watching technological trends for a couple decades. There is a pattern that is followed especially with cost curves.
2/ Then you brought up cost. Again, prices are higher today but that is because of a # of factors: first they are premium cars, they havent entered economy market for the most part.
Have you taken into account the rare minerals involved in making those batteries and the U.S.s current fight with China that just retaliated by banning export of them to us?
So China is not going to export to its biggest customer? That is like the debt ceiling nonsense and people saying the US might default. Politicians limiting their spending? Was never going to happen.
Like always, geopolitics ebbs and flows. If Xi has another leg lower economically, he could have a revolution on his hands. He might have that anyway. But you do bring up a valid point about the supply chain.
And how we have to alter that. There is one solution...start construction as a massive pace. And that is something companies and the gov't have to look at. The latter there isnt much hope for but companies have an opportunity.
Needless to say, most ppl junk a car if it needs a new engine or tranny that cost just $1k-3k, so they will if it needs a battery that's much cheaper than they are today
It seems most people junk a car when the lease runs out or they can flip the loan into a new one. That is the American way with well over 100 million car loans out.
You don't junk a car when the lease runs out, it goes back to the leaser.
3/ Second you dont have economies of scale since the top manufacturer is still under 2 million. That isnt going to be the case in a few years when ramping fully takes hold.
4/ And finally, the dealership network had a field day raking people over the coals due to shortages. As the supply mounts, prices will come down.
Within 3 years (at most) that more expensive will not apply.