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After Bertha Benz’ famous drive [1], it took multiple decades for cars to really go mainstream. I wonder if we’re looking at a similar timeline. [1] https://en
by tmalsburg2 2y ago
After Bertha Benz’ famous drive [1], it took multiple decades for cars to really go mainstream. I wonder if we’re looking at a similar timeline.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz#First_cross-country_automobile_journey,_1888 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz#First_cross-coun...
- wodenokoto 2y ago> it took multiple decades for cars to really go mainstream. I think you are trying to insinuate that electric cars are decades away from today. The first electric car was built decades _ago_. Electric cars are mainstream today. So I suppose you can argue that it is a similar timeline, we are just decades after Bertha Benz' famous drive. > Globally, around 1-in-4 new cars sold were electric in 2023. In Norway, this share was over 90%, and in China, it was almost 40%. https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales
- duskwuff 2y ago> The first electric car was built decades _ago_. Well over a century ago, in fact. For quite a while early on, they were more popular than internal combustion cars.
- tmalsburg2 2y agoOP implied that we‘re experiencing the Bertha Benz moment of electric cars. Wasn’t my idea. I just spelled out the possible implication.