Why Tesla's are bad at towing!

time2roll wrote:

agesilaus wrote:
If you want to talk about not going to happen, you should think about the 'electric car' revolution. Barring some major technological development in energy storage the electric vehicles will never become the major segment of the transport mix. Not possible, not enough lithium, not enough electrical generation capacity and not enough electrical transmission capacity. It might cost trillions to rewire the country for 100% electrical vehicles. And the only possible current source of generation that could do it is nuke, if you insist that a minor gas be controlled.

Buggy manufacturers said the same thing for years with strong industry growth even as automobiles were small and growing.

And don't worry the first diesel train engines were relegated to the switch yard as they did not have the range or strength to pull freight between cities.

History would seem to be repeating itself one more time. Either way it will be interesting to watch how this unfolds over the next couple decades.

The problem with your theory of buggy manufacturers and diesel trains is, electric cars have been around for over 100 years. There's been mass produced electric cars on and off for all those years. How come they still aren't the "go to" form of propulsion after 100 years of refinement?