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cars are not an innovative technology. Cars that run on electricity existed since the 1920s and only recently mass produced by the likes of Nissan and others. T
by mempko 13y ago
cars are not an innovative technology. Cars that run on electricity existed since the 1920s and only recently mass produced by the likes of Nissan and others. Telsa sells expensive, heavy cars that run on batteries. Yes they are shiny. You know what would be innovative? Mass transit on a mass scale, away from automotive transport...
but there is no money to be made on any market for that..
- Nrsolis 13y agoI don't know what you are talking about. That's about as close to apples and oranges as I can think. In order to have mass transit, you need to have the MASS part. Mass transit only works in areas with sufficient population density and predictable traffic patterns to make the investment in that infrastructure worthwhile. Electric cars, however, help extend the reach of the existing electrical infrastructure into transportation. In the area where I live, we have extensive commuter and long-haul rail. I also saw two different Tesla cars on the road in my neighborhood. The first portable computers were large, heavy, and expensive. Given the technology curve and the total addressable market of transportation, I'd expect we will see much more attention to that solution given the wall we've hit with hydrocarbon based transportation.