User 283977

Lithium Unicorns and Alternative Energy Storage

I suspect the answer is that the entire automobile industry actually believes that electric vehicles will never be a large part of their market. They probably think of electric vehicles as a niche market designed to rip off the greens but with low sales volume.

If a serious move is going to be made to electric / natural gas vehicles in the near future, its going to have to be done by regulatory mandate. This was how the switch to non-leaded gas occurred, and this was the reason vehicles now have somewhat effective emission control systems. If the government is serious about moving America away from its dependence on foreign oil, government has to make it happen. That means the entire US market has to be changed, US and foreign vehicle imports. The only force that can effect all vehicle sales is the government.