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Recreational Mechanic
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Northern Colorado, USA
Posts: 3,326
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Originally Posted by legion
I honestly think electric cars will be regarded the same as bell-bottoms, pet rocks, and mood rings are now: as fads and fashion statements. The simple fact is that they have never been economically feasible and you can't take a road trip in an electric car.
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This. We are 20-30 years from viable battery technology to make electric cars fit the lifestyle of most Americans. Are electric cars really that green, or do they just shift the carbon footprint to the local power plant and toxic battery landfill? In Tesla's case they are a niche market and niche automakers historically never last. They either grow huge (BMW), get swallowed up by someone bigger (Porsche, Volvo), or fade away (Saab).
Maybe GM will just buy them out when they are broke? Some things I have read suggest Tesla is not doing well financially?
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Last edited by Nickshu; 04-20-2016 at 04:54 AM..
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