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"We should stop talking about it as transitional technology," Why? It’s inherently a transitional technology. It is a technology that will necessarily destroy
by audunw 2y ago
"We should stop talking about it as transitional technology,"
Why? It’s inherently a transitional technology. It is a technology that will necessarily destroy itself. Especially in a market with a growing share of BEVs as well.
Once EVs + plug-in hybrids got to over 50% of market share in Norway, sale of gasoline started to drop by 30% every year.
Think about that for a bit.. this can’t be sustained for long without gas station shutting down or pivoting to EV chargers. I don’t think it’ll take much for people to notice and push people even more towards EVs. Once you have even a little bit of that effect going, it’ll be an accelerating positive feedback loop.
Sure, you’ll be able to find gasoline somewhere for decades to come. But will it be convenient? Will you need to make a big detour to fill up? What happens when people start to think about that?