There's no real good future for electric cars. So says................Toyota?
Toyota Executive Sees Limits to Electric Cars - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
Despite Qualms, Toyota Will Bring Plug-In Hybrid to Market - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
So then why would car manufacturers continue to design, develop, manufacture, market and expand the electric car market?
Simple, as long as governments are ran by radical zealots, there's a virtual gaurantee that your cars will sell. Either by direct government purchase, heavy credits and subsidies, or by artificially raising gas prices to make these boat anchors appealing.
Just wait until you have to pay not only to replace you battery (before you expected), but also pay to have it disposed of. We're talking thousands of dollars.
I'll also predict, on the record, that your insurance will also skyrocket. Not just because of the cost of the car, but over time, the cost of cleaning up environmental spills after batteries leak after car accidents. This will happen after millions of these junkers are finally on the road and some environmental wacko, probably a DNR empolyee, discovers all the damage done by these accidents. Then there'll be a law passed that insurance will have to cover this. This is called a mandate. Your insurance will skyrocket to cover the cost of the white suited DNR mobsters (or companies approved by the DNR) to come out and clean up your mess. There'll also be a new mandate to have insurance cover the disposal of batteries after they die of natural causes. You can't expect the poor to pay after all. Have the greedy insurance companies pay.
I'll also predict, on the record, that thievery will escalate. The junkyards that hold these cars will have to be locked up like fort knox to keep the thieves out. There are many pounds of precious metals sitting in these cars. Once the black market opens up for this stuff (these metals are precious because of short supply), criminals will take command.
I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't been yet.
