Dan,
You are right It is old news. Electric preceded internal combustion engines and were rejected by the consumer then and multiple times since.
The math here today is pretty simple: Who in the world is going to pay for the Trillions in new and upgraded transmission infrastructure needed for the adoption of large scale electric vehicle adoption for the masses?
A home charging system for a Tesla currently requires 75 amp service - just for the car. The average small house is equipped with 100 amp service in total.
So I think conventional as we know them now electric style cars are still dead on re-arrival with the exception of perhaps a city commuter (as a short trip car) where the existing hi voltage infrastructure is already in place for charging stations. The Chevy Volt/Bolt fits in here perfectly with a 32 amp charging station the car takes about 8 hours to charge.
Perhaps GM has invented the technology to simply grab electricity out of thin air thus eliminating charging down time??
Or someone is betting on the adoption of the green new deal in the next decade... that sounds more like the calculation in play here.
We will see, but betting the company on it-well you had better be right.
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