Comments on the bar chart here: The gating factors to a country’s adoption of EVs are a blend of three things: a) its ability to stand up to the corrosive power of Big Oil, b) its citizens’ level of passion …
Tag: plug-in hybrids
The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Tagged with: China (with its BYD), citizens' level of passion to avoid environmental collapse, fill up their gas tanks and charge their cars, gating factors to a country's adoption of EVs, most Americans resent having to work any harder than they have to in order to do anything positive for the environment, plug-in hybrids, plug-in hybrids battery-only range is pitifully small, stand up to the corrosive power of Big Oil
Plug-In Hybrids: Now THAT’S Complexity
Here’s a wonderful video that explains the multiple drivetrains at work in the Chevy Volt. A couple of immediate impressions: 1) No wonder the price on this sucker is $41K, with all that going on. The bill of materials (costs …
