Technology marches on. Many electric cars are better/cheaper than many gasoline cars. Soon, most electric cars will be better/cheaper than most gasoline cars.
There was a time when you could argue for steam power.
The one major hurdle I’m watching is heating the compartment in cold weather. They’ll have to come up with something to sell cars in the northern half of the USA.
There are few things so nice on a cold day as when the free heat starts pouring out.
Electric car technology is as old as steam car technology. NYC even had charging stations all around for Baker Electrics. One could say that is is folly to argue for an anachronism, and it is speculation to think that electrics will be cheaper and/or better than Otto-cycle internal combustion engine cars. If the technology becomes mature enough through the private sector to become competitive, then let buyers vote with their feet as the cliché goes.
As for steam power, Abner Doble ought to have been more business-minded and stopped trying to “improve” something that was workable and could be mass-produced, sold for and maintained for competitive pricing versus Otto-cycle cars, even with the advantage given to the Otto-cycle industry by the electric starter. A practical steam car coming out at the right time, especially when the infrastructure for road steam vehicle maintenance was more widespread than that for Otto-cycle vehicles, could have made the technology widespread even worldwide.
Very true.
Many electric cars are better/cheaper than many gasoline cars.
Depends on how one defines "better"...or "cheaper" for that matter.
Soon, most electric cars will be better/cheaper than most gasoline cars.
That could eventually come to pass...particularly if huge taxes (e.g.,"carbon taxes") are enacted. But again,define "soon".Add to that the Rat Party's promise to bankrupt the coal and nuclear plants and the question becomes "will we have enough juice to recharge 20 million huge batteries every day?"