To “dominate”, there will need to be a massive breakthrough in battery technology.
For most people, an EV is simply not feasible.
Yes, Graphene Super-Capacitor? perhaps.
However, I posted the other day Ford's Focus with Solar Panels on the roof, and then I spoke to my auto gnome about it and the "Concentrator" they are using. They hadn't seen it, but was enthused and thought it was brilliant in this sense. My gnome noted P-voltaic Cells are between 21% to 36% efficient, and unheard of number even 20 years ago which is about what an efficient car these days is actually getting to your rear wheels i.e. fuel burnt turned into motion. If you add the stationary concentrator, it would act as a super / turbocharger in a car, and @ Altitudes ( Denver and or sunnier climates, this might make a great deal of sense. Add to that let's say another 5% better PV-cell(s) in a few years, and the gains get better. Full blown Solar powered car? Maybe not, but a CNG powered car that has a heat pump heating cooling system driven by said roof mounted panels? Not out of the question...
They’ll also need to be more successful at suing people who give them bad reviews.
To “dominate”, there will need to be a massive breakthrough in battery technology.
For most people, an EV is simply not feasible.
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Or Tesla needs to bring down the cost of the car. That’s their next promise. Tesla’s next big promise is not that they’ll improve the performance of their batter but rather that they’ll bring down the cost of the Tesla S class from 80k to 30K in 2016—without harming performance.
This is a big deal because the big breakthrough for Tesla has been their improved battery performance—which has pushed up the range of their electric car from the industry standard 100 miles to 250 miles. This is a big deal because it makes the Tesla totally suitable for local driving. People don’t have to worry about recharging their Tesla the moment they leave the driveway. Same would go for the 30k car in 2016.
Will that happen? An interesting question with incredibly profound implications. Why? because tesla is doing all their manufacturing under one roof in californa.
This totally goes against industry dogma which resources car parts from all over the world. If Tesla succeeds in collapsing the price of their car using parts from their one car plant in San Jose—then you can expect a revolution in american manufacturing to soon follow as american manufacturers bring their manufacturing home.