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The biggest disruption is the quality of the electric drivetrain. We are quickly finding that a "mediocre" electric drivetrain feels better to the average drive
by jsight 9y ago
The biggest disruption is the quality of the electric drivetrain. We are quickly finding that a "mediocre" electric drivetrain feels better to the average driver than a very good gasoline drivetrain.
That isn't what people intuitively expect, but once that expectation changes, the market is going to see major disruption. Gasoline based powertrains will not be seen as the superior choice by most people 5 years from now.
- Aloha 9y agoI have no doubt that this is a factor is why Tesla is going somewhere - I don't know that this is enough to 'render all that came before obsolete'. I'm hopeful yet though - I think a transition to electric power for cars would be wonderful - there are currently many drawbacks to electric power, mostly relating to batteries yet still to be overcome.
- Aron 9y agoYeah -- and you don't lose half your fuel economy by getting the one that goes 0-60 in 4 seconds.
- kazinator 9y ago> We are quickly finding that a "mediocre" electric drivetrain feels better to the average driver than a very good gasoline drivetrain. At first glance, that seems like more of a reason for low-end electric cars to disrupt Tesla.
- Aloha 9y agoI'd fully expect that challenge to come from one of the established manufacturers. We're still early-days yet on electric car technology - there are still many hurdles to overcome yet to make the technology practical for most drivers - so its really hard to say what the future will hold yet - I'm excited for the potential, but I'd like to think I see the realities of it.
- WalterBright 9y agoYes, but some of us motorheads like that vibration and noise of a gas engine :-)