Electric Vehicles Could Completely Replace Gas-Powered Cars by 2025 or Sooner

[tkmorris]

11. You overstate the issues

Tesla makes a car right now that can be charged to 80% of capacity in under 30 minutes. I could leave South Florida (where I live) and drive all the way to the Washington DC area (where I am from and family lives), which is the road trip I take on most often, and not be slowed down at all really. Simply schedule the charging stops to coincide with bathroom breaks and stops for something to eat and my trip would take approximately the same time it does in my gas fueled vehicle.

That Tesla does require purpose constructed charging stations to achieve that performance, but they already exist in sufficient numbers to use them exclusively all along the route described above. A quick look at the map assures me that most any trip can be undertaken and routed through these Supercharger stations.

That tech exists RIGHT NOW. It will only get better in terms of performance, and those high level charging stations more ubiquitous, with each passing year. The technical down sides to owning an electric car are disappearing rapidly, to the point that for many (most?) of us they don't exist any longer. Once adaptation hits the tipping point that allows prices to be more competitive, which they almost are already, few people will find it making sense to buy a gasoline vehicle versus an electric one.