>the article says demand for electric cars is not there I'd see it more as, the demand for electric utility vehicles and industrial transportation systems (tru

>the article says demand for electric cars is not there I'd see it more as, the demand for electric utility vehicles and industrial transportation systems (truck, etc.) is so great that the demand for personal EV transportation cannot supplant the economies of maintaining an ICE production line. But, as the article explains this may change in the close to near future, and indeed the technology to supplant the former segments of transportation is definitely on the horizon. Take this with a grain of salt, but I happen to know that automobile clubs around the world expect that within 5 years, the automotive industry will be radically different to what it is today - they, too, are hedging their bets, and investing in social-sharing technology for the clubs to be promoting when the tech, and consumer expectations around personal transportation, inevitably changes.