I appreciate your comments. There’s so many changes happening in the entire automotive field right now. That includes electrification, where there’s less to go wrong. Look at what Nikola Motors is doing.
It’s a hydrogen based fuel cell with electric drive. Other’s considering Lithium Ion batteries. So while I’m no Tesla fan-boy I do appreciate the way they’ve challenged all the auto makers and advanced many technologies.
I can only stress that the Volvo’s and Daimler’s of the world are pouring money into developing them. There’s never enough drivers. They may have to have a network of engineers across regions to support problems, or have one riding in a train of trucks that can service many. Of course nobody knows exactly how it’ll all level out but it is coming - from companies that are well aware of the real world challenges.
Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with alternative propulsion systems as an “option”. Problem is they always start optional and then become mandatory. Mandatory electric is bad, if the grid goes down it will be an exercise in mass depopulation. My main no no is autonomous vehicles. This should never happen for many obvious reasons starting with practical reliability as I stated. What good would it be if it is in the repair shop 90% the time for thousands of different “safety issues” concerning an unnecessary autonomous system? It is just extremely illogical and impractical in reality. there is also cause and effect, if the vehicle drives for us, we will forget how to drive ourselves. This has already proven it’s self over and over to be a very real inevitable cause and effect result of technology. :)