How long is it still for the electric vehicle to make it main stream?

Question

Bennett, you're an IDIOT

Answer 1

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Interesting question. Predicting the future is always tricky... but the next few years should be very interesting. You may have seen the Tesla electric sportscar http://www.teslamotors.com
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You may have even seen the T-Zero electric sports car http://www.acpropulsion.com/ACP_FAQs/FAQ_cars.htm
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These two cars show that it is now possible to build electric cars that can out-accelerate a Ferrari, and go 250 - 350 miles on a single charge. But both these cars are very expensive.
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So who else is working on electric cars?
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Would you believe China? They have to work on EVs. There won't be enough oil to support China's future economic growth.
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I drive an old electric vehicle. I also have friends with electric vehicles. Some of them have recently been able to buy some amazing, cutting-edge EV batteries from China - example:
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http://www.everspring.net/product-battery.htm
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These batteries are better, and cheaper than the ones in those $100,000+ sportscars above. If you look at the chart, you'll see they are as cheap as lead-acid batteries, and they hold up for 1100 charges, twice as many charges as the other LI-Ion batteries on the chart.
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Now, look at this car:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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It's a Chinese electric car, which will be imported into the USA next year. The driving range is almost as good as those sports cars above. But it only costs $28500. And that price could get a lot cheaper.
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Yes, I think we'll have mainstream electric cars in about 5 years.

Answer 2

Should Have Been On The Market In 1969,The Fat Cat Oil Barons And Oil Money Have Prevented Cleaner More Efficient Vehicles To Be Marketed For Decades

Answer 3

Not for another fifteen years or so. Electric cars are very expensive and battery technology is not up to par with gasoline right now. Driver attitudes, not big oil; has a lot to answer for why electric cars aren't in the mainstream. Ironically, it was an electric motor, the self-starter that made gas powered cars the mainstream they are today.

Answer 4

An electric vehicle as we know them will be specialty vehicles. Once you have to replace the batteries, the car isn't worth it.

Answer 5

It isn't going to happen. They don't get the fuel mileage they claim. People won't accept them. Either Honda or Toyota, I forget which one, has already stopped production on hybrids. The answer is to allow oil companies to build more refineries.
We have enough oil on this earth, refining capacity is the problem.

Answer 6

The oil companies will kill the electric cars for many more years to come!

Answer 7

a very long time, they are too unreliable and underpowered for any real use