Electric Car Economics: Payback vs. Premium - TheStreet Here's an intersting article. A lower operating cost + premium experience to drive sales. Same reason I am getting one. Good to hear something positive.
Exactly what I've been saying for a while, except that he mentions a battery equivalent to Moore's Law, which does not exist.
Sadly, it's hard to take anything the article says seriously because the guy is a complete nutjob. Oh yes, the super sekret socialist plot
He does kind of lose credibility with that comment but overall, seems a well thought out argument from someone who doesn't think climate change matters at all or even exists.
Yes, his heart's in the right place. http://www.thestreet.com/story/11516858/1/the-electric-car-future-revs-up.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/11513295/1/tesla-the-time-has-come.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/11487695/1/sales-accelerate-for-electric-cars.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/11443180/1/no-channel-stuffing-evident-for-chevy-volt.html http://www.thestreet.com/story/11463746/1/after-the-volt-the-chevy-spark.html and http://www.thestreet.com/story/11434371/1/the-official-car-of-the-republican-party.html plus 20 more here It's like he's the anti JP.