“I am seeing the signs all over the place”
yeah, me too. I saw A Tesla for the first time in my town of 100,000 a couple of days ago. Also saw a Leaf a year or so ago. Have yet to see any charging stations here, though i think there are a couple in Boulder now ...
Look deeper catnipman.... This week alone I believe their were at least 3 major Auto and or Battery manufacturers that took equity stakes in and or threw money at major battery upstarts in the arena of Solid-State batteries. Why? it is the next gen 3 to 5 yrs over the horizon w/ energy densities 2 to 3X where we are w/ the chance of fires gone and faster charge times. I have lost track of the number of battries 25+ now that could be game changers, the Billion vs 500 million last yr to make all this happen, my guess is for 2018 it may approach 2 billion that is just a guess, and the major car manufacturers coming out with 4dr, 4wd, SUV’s all electric in 2020 including Jag, Rover and Ford....