Who killed the petrol car?*

Tesla Model 3
Credit: Popular Mechanics

With over $10 billion in pre-orders & over $250 million in deposits accepted (effectively an interest free loan) for the Tesla Model 3, within days of first accepting deposits, Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors may be in the process of doing just that.

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/tesla-rivals-software-may-kill-petrol-car-soon-2025

India, Norway & the Netherlands are legislating to make it happen.

http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/india-joins-norway-and-netherlands-in-wanting-100-electric-vehicles-72869
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* “Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 documentary film that explores the creation, limited commercialization, & subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the mid-1990s.” – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F

Buy the DVD at: http://www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com/ / response Tesla Motor Elon Musk killed the petrol car on track response mixture those prepared to imagine the future read the signs of change focused on short-term issues meeting production schedules reducing battery costs immediate future of the Tesla share price those who simply didn’t want to know oil industry making predictions seeking capital electric vehicle EV nuclear industry This is bullishit most prominent nuclear advocates still clinging to the old centralised energy model Musk has killed the petrol car Stanford University’s Tony Seba academic predicts that fossil fuels coal oil be redundant by 2030 Seba RenewEconomy latest developments at Tesla huge response sneak preview new Model 3 rollout General Motors Chevy Bolt confirm predictions accelerate demand incumbent industries auto oil sectors new internal combustion engine cars will not be on sale by 2025 anywhere in the world internal combustion engine buses trucks tractors either graph Clean Disruption book forecast declining cost electric vehicles battery storage costs plummet release Chevy Bolt Tesla Model 3 around $US35,000 put developments ahead of the curve high-performance EVs will cost less than the average internal combustion engine ICE car within five years they will be competing with low-cost Buicks 100 years auto industry high performance big bucks car with better performance than a Porsche cheaper price than a Buick electric vehicles cost 10 times less than internal combustion engines to charge electrons are easier to move than petrol diesel solar powered charging stations will deliver refills at zero marginal cost maintenance significantly cheaper international combustion engine has hundreds of moving parts electric vehicle less moving parts negligible maintenance costs Internal Combustion Engine 17-21 per cent efficient electric motor is 90-95 per cent efficient EV 5 times more energy efficient than the ICE car cheaper to transmit electrons electricity molecules atoms gasoline diesel energy costs/mile 10 times cheaper for EVs local conditions electricity vs petrol costs vary widely depending taxes transmission costs subsidies industry protection market energy cost per mile for EVs 5 times cheaper than energy costs for ICE cars predictions 200-mile range 320kms EV cheaper than the ICE alternative huge fuel maintenance savings GM Bolt Tesla Model 3 market 2017 tipping point disruption point would make no financial sense purchase ICE vehicle average vehicle buyer EV cost curve 2025 all new vehicles will be electric median new ICE car in the US now $US33,000 EV cost curve predicted end of the ICE vehicle era end of the ICE car era prediction by 2025 all new vehicles will be electric cars SUVs trucks buses tractors anything that moves on the ground with wheels digital cameras disrupted film cameras same dynamics vehicles predictions validate targets India’s roads minister all cars to be electric by 2030 policies Dutch ban on internal combustion engines 2025 redundant success Tesla meet production targets individual ownership of vehicles blazing a trail FoxConn making EVs Ford plans invest $US4.5 billion in electric vehicles mobility company GM investing mobility services business autonomous cars Google Apple investing heavily technologies Tesla master plan Morgan Stanley Tesla future EV deliveries service free charging delivering mobility /