Granted, we can never really know, and you are absolutely correct in
that the EU & US & other national Vehicle Markets and preferences are
each rather different from each other.
On 1/20/2023 10:12 AM, EV List Lackey via EV wrote:
So I'd agree that you can probably give at least some credit to Tesla for
production EVs' current availability in the US. But I don't think it's
accurate or fair to say that no OEMs would have offered EVs without Tesla.
I do admittedly speak mostly from a US Centric perspective. While I
always appreciated the likes of the Citi Car or Sparrow. It was the
EV1, Ranger Electric, S10 Electric, Rav4 electric, Honda EV Plus, EPIC
that were nearer to practical for US sprawl, which is itself admittedly
a related problem perhaps.
I'm a big fan of the Sono Sion and Aptera and other hyper efficient
cars, but also see a place for the likes of the Lightning to replace
traditional US Pickups. And Tesla has demonstrated that DCFC can be
made to be fast and reliable enough for even long hauling demands for
such vehicles. And of course I'm still imagining battery or pusher
trailers to "fix" the handicap of legacy OEM BEVs lack of reliable
charging networks at this moment.
In the end, there is no single solution for EVery situation. But I do
believe that there is a Battery Electric Solution for any given use
case. If you consider the entire Photons to Work Done, Renewables and
electrochemical batteries beat any other storage solution for the
indefinite powering of clean human societies.
There are of course exceptions like BBQ Grills and Rocket Ships where
photons into hydrogen into methane and other chemical solutions are
still required. But natural Hydro Carbons are far too valuable to
simply be burnt or converted into other commodities with such disregard
as we have been.
Anyway, went a little sideways there, but I hope y'all catch my drift.
L8r
Ryan
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