My word, what a bunch of Luddites here on FR.
Elon Musk wants your pension money to build buggy whip companies. Awful trade off.
I suggest you go get a degree in power systems and engineering economics. There are very sound technical and financial reasons this whole concept is only attractive to those who want to live on the government teat forever. You cannot simply wish something into commercial success.
Look at GM’s announcement it may kill the Volt. It was brought into being solely to please Emperor Obama and his effort to transform the U.S. into a socialist paradise. As soon as he is gone and government subsidies end, these ridiculous pie-in-the-Sky dreams come crashing down.
More proof? Look at Tessa sales in Hong Kong and Denmark after government subsidies ended — sales tanked by 90%. Governor Brown’s proposed $3 BILLION tax on Californians is a thinly disguised attempt to keep the Tesla boondoggle afloat a little bit longer.
Perhaps you should stop calling smart people “luddites” and spend that time studying the issue, systems, and economics.