[indthkr]

Electric Cars => fewer moving parts. Less spare part inventory to be maintained for replacements over the product lifetime.

For auto manufactureres, it's about the $$$$, not the environment.

It's the same reason railroads switched from steam to diesel.

[Jeff Chandler]

It's the same reason railroads switched from steam to diesel.

Automobile technology is at an inflection point.

[FreeReign]

Electric Cars => fewer moving parts. Less spare part inventory to be maintained for replacements over the product lifetime. For auto manufactureres, it's about the $$$$, not the environment. It's the same reason railroads switched from steam to diesel.

Nope. Government control is the driving force here. The government has the power to force the change. The auto companies make their "decision" based on that.

This is not a natural evolution like steam to diesel was.

[AFreeBird]

And the diesel drives the gensets.