[TheGirondin]

Pretty meaningless when, thanks to capitalism, all new cars will be electric long before that date arrives.

[kartan]

> Pretty meaningless when, thanks to capitalism, all new cars will be electric long before that date arrives.

With a lot of help of public funding for research, development, and adoption.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_incentives_for_plug... * http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britain-has-tw... ...

[cm2187]

Well, electric cars are technically superior when the range / time to charge problems have been solved. Less noise, less pollution in cities, faster accelerations. They will replace gas cars like CDs replaced Vinyl.

[Spivak]

> Electric cars are technically superior once all the problems that make them inferior to petrol cars are solved.

Not exactly a glowing recommendation.

[Skunkleton]

> Trains are technically superior to cars, once you figure out the problem of needing tracks.

[ceejayoz]

Those items - stuff like price, charging time, range - have seen large improvements and can reasonably be expected to continue to improve.

[twothamendment]

Isn't Sony going to start making vinyl again?