Frankfurt EV buzz irrelevant in America?
Would it sell in America?According to much of the press coming out of the Frankfurt Auto Show, the buzz there is humming around electric vehicles. And, while some of the concept vehicles debuting there seem down right silly, at least by American standards, they just might work in Europe, where small, silly cars - again by American standards - are already acceptable.
More important, however, Europe has the kind of fuel prices that could actually make these vehicles cost-effective one day.
Can electric vehicles ever resonate with the American masses without significantly higher energy prices, and/or at least a revolutionary embrace of small, odder-than-the-Prius vehicles?
Labels: electric cars
posted by Dahcredyns at
8:11 AM
2 Comments:
I don't think Frankfurt is irrelevant.
Fuel prices outside the US are high enough that these alternative vehicles will be developed in a timeline that is much more agressive than what we will see in the US.
At some point, reality will set in for the US, and we'll have to play catch up. When that day comes, these vehicles, and the technology that goes in them will already have been developed, making it easier for the US to transition to these vehicles.....
I wasn't calling Frankfurt irrelevant, just irrelevant in America until more realistic energy prices are common here.
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