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Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on November 27, 2006 at 07:23:44

In Reply to: Really? posted by Jimmy NYC on November 27, 2006 at 07:17:12:

Two things are certain - one is that the future belongs to electrical vehicles.

And two - that they are so far from being ready for prime time that they have no chance in the marketplace today.

They WILL become viable alternatives once the battery technology makes a 10x improvement, which might be another ten or twenty years.

Only then people will start buying them.

Today you can get **claimed** range of over 200 miles for Tesla Roadster, but that is a small car, and there are lot of stretches in the way they spec that range.

When it gets into 200-300 miles range for a four passenger sedan, then we shall talk.

Ah... and the third element... REGARDLESS of battery storage, charging WILL remain an issue, as your typical household line will take looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time to replenish the charge.