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> This entire electric car revolution wouldn't have happened for another 10-20 years if not for Tesla and Elon. I don't buy this. There hasn't even been an ele
by wilsonnb3 8y ago
> This entire electric car revolution wouldn't have happened for another 10-20 years if not for Tesla and Elon.
I don't buy this. There hasn't even been an electric car revolution yet in my opinion, and when there is it will be because of plug in hybrids slowly extending their all electric range over time as electric car charging infrastructure improves.
Toyota and Chevy deserve far more credit for the Prius and the Volt than Tesla does for their cars, although I will admit that the Tesla roadster was part of what motivated Chevy to make the Volt.
- dagw 8y agoTesla roadster was part of what motivated Chevy to make the Volt. Having spoken to a couple of people working R&D at traditional car companies they tell exactly the same story. Tesla 'forced' them to dust off all those proof of concept tests their labs had done years ago and try to get them into production. Without Tesla those concepts would probably still be in a filing cabinet in their labs.
- jillesvangurp 8y agoThat may very well happen a lot faster than you think thanks to Tesla. Certainly manufacturers seem to be in a hurry to announce stuff they can't quite ship yet to make it seem they are not doing nothing. But I agree volumes need to go up more. We're talking about 1% of overall cars sold. It will take a while for that to get to double digit numbers. Certainly nobody else than Tesla seems ready to produce at any substantial volume. Tesla may double or quadruple their production in the next years and it won't be enough to get there. However, them doing that would be very disruptive to manufacturers trying to currently trying to sell cars at the same price points.