> I don't think there's any need for a breakthrough in order to have world wide massively adopted electric cars. It's not a matter of opinion. candiodari post

> I don't think there's any need for a breakthrough in order to have world wide massively adopted electric cars. It's not a matter of opinion. candiodari posted the metrics just a few comments up. Gas/Hydrogen has 4 to 8X better power to weight ratios. > The only bottleneck right now is battery production, not even demand. No. It's also demand. Most people want big gas guzzling trucks and SUVs. > That makes it everything but "steady" and it will take pretty much everyone by surprise, like any other technology before (computers, internet, laptops, smartphones... and petrol cars) S curve applies to something "revolutionary" or better. Electric cars aren't better than gas cars. Regular cars are cheaper, get more mileage and are much more efficient (and powerful) than electric cars. The only thing going for electric cars is they pollute less. Smartphones did something that telephones couldn't. Computers did things typewriters couldn't. Cars did things that horse carriages couldn't. That's not the case between gas powered cars and electric cars.