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Elon Musk says the ZEV credits are likely to go to 0 by Q4. The car is also projected to 25% gross margins in Q4. Battery energy density and cost improve abou
by andrewtbham 13y ago
Elon Musk says the ZEV credits are likely to go to 0 by Q4. The car is also projected to 25% gross margins in Q4. Battery energy density and cost improve about 7-8% each year and there will be a $30k car in 2016 or 2017.
I suspect the oil and car industries and their PR departments will push hard to repeal the tax credit as they are in this article. Also expect Tesla will push hard to tax carbon emitting vehicles. Should make for plenty link bait like this.
- dm2 13y agoThere will be a tipping point thought. Hopefully sooner rather than later, the major auto companies are going to have to jump on board with the electric vehicle industry and fully support EVs. What year do you think the last ICE vehicle will be sold in the US? At some point, gas stations will stop selling gasoline. I honestly don't know if it'll be in 10 years or 50 years.
- andrewtbham 13y agoI think within 10 years we will see an explosion in the popularity of EVs. However, it's possible as EVs increase in popularity, Lithium prices could go up and gasoline prices could fall.