TexaCali
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Various versions of this story floating around, here is one - http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-technology/electric-vehicles-are-dying-but-tesla-will-live-on-because-theyre-just-too-exciting/35774853
some talking points (from various versions of this story) -
Toyota is ending its parts contract with Tesla (implying the CA only Rav4 will be scraped)
FFE was 0.07% of Ford's Q1 sales
Honda limiting FIT EV to 1,100 units
Would be lucky to see EV's at 1% of market by 2020
Volt sales down 7% Year over Year
Tesla only sells because it is a high performance car
Not sure I agree with their doom and gloom analysis, but certainly EV sales (and product selection) are going to be slim pickings for some time. Most people I know could easily live with a BEV as one of the two vehicles in their household, and (given the current incentives, which will of course expire) would save a ton of money and time by driving an EV. Unfortunately it will probably be another 10 years before commercially available battery technology has advanced enough to make range/price/performance attractive to the average buyer.
some talking points (from various versions of this story) -
Toyota is ending its parts contract with Tesla (implying the CA only Rav4 will be scraped)
FFE was 0.07% of Ford's Q1 sales
Honda limiting FIT EV to 1,100 units
Would be lucky to see EV's at 1% of market by 2020
Volt sales down 7% Year over Year
Tesla only sells because it is a high performance car
Not sure I agree with their doom and gloom analysis, but certainly EV sales (and product selection) are going to be slim pickings for some time. Most people I know could easily live with a BEV as one of the two vehicles in their household, and (given the current incentives, which will of course expire) would save a ton of money and time by driving an EV. Unfortunately it will probably be another 10 years before commercially available battery technology has advanced enough to make range/price/performance attractive to the average buyer.