Musk: By 2030, The Only Cars Sold In America Will Be Electric Cars
Even the most ardent EV proponents, like Nissan, think that by 2020, the market share of electric cars will be 10 percent.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has some better predictions
- By 2030 the only cars sold in America will be electric cars.
- By 2020, it will be dirt cheap to have long range vehicle lithium ion batteries packs.
- By mid-century the vast majority of cars on the roads will be electric .
(Well duh, if only electric cars will be sold by 2030…)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Has ANY future prediction EVER come true? Other than there will be wars, or similar stupid no brainers, what has actually come through? Hello...remember 1984? Would you trust this idiot with your future? Not me, anymore than I can sing Lennon's Give Peace A Chance without stopping halfway through it and saying...Wait, What? I wish he would tell us exactly where the electricity will come from. This summer my electric bill in MO was over $576.00 for one month.
Good, more gas for my Jeep. :)
Titan II?
First, it is really safe to make predictions about 2030, because no one will remember what you said. No prediction about cars that far ahead is reliable, as that is a long enough time for what happens to be significantly affected by technology developed between now and then, and I doubt EVERY car sold in the US will be electric, but I would bet most of them will be unless there is a breakthrough in creating liquid fuels from things other than petroleum, because if there isn't, those fuels are going to be pretty expensive, and batteries will almost certainly be a lot cheaper and higher performance than they are now.