Interesting comment from CalCars. I think PHEVs are a short-term
bridge to EV technology. I doubt they will last for "many years" as
Kramer claims. How many is many, anyway? 10? 20? I would guess 20 at
most. His comment is ambiguous. I detect mixed feelings, sort of the
way I feel about BLP. If it works it will be great but it might
overshadow cold fusion, which is my life's work.
- Jed
ARE PHEVS AND EVS IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER?
Definitely not. Almost without exception, those who see the benefits
of displacing gasoline with cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity
just want more plug-in cars of either type as soon as possible. We
have long felt that every U.S. family's second car could TODAY be a
100-mile-range pure-electric highway speed car -- were it not for the
vehicles' unavailability and for decades of exposure to ads saying we
need to be ready to drive to the ends of the earth on a moment's
notice. For these and other reasons, we believe PHEVs will be the
dominant platform for mass-production plug-in vehicles for many
years. We've often written about Better Place: at
http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/869.html and
http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/910.html we discuss our
enthusiasm and our questions. Meanwhile, we're rooting for Better
Place and all EV projects. The fact is, if EVs succeed in eclipsing
PHEVs sooner than we expect, it will be an unqualified victory.
