zapkitty wrote:
Automakers’ R&D budgets are driven to a very large extent by trying to balance muscle-mobiles with their Corporate Average Fuel Economy (and the implied air pollution) laws. Thus a $100M investment could let them build whatever sells, such as Ego-Boost. This enough to build, staff, and operate over 50 LPP clones per year, a more than respectable Maintenance Of Effort on the auto industry’s part. And it’s enough to get a lot of good press.
… an electric SUV? 🙂
And pickup trucks and muscle cars. The real key to it may turn out to be the ubiquity of top-off charging stations, rather than theoretical range per charge. At least one company is already making some headway selling chargers to parking garages as part of the newer, smarter, grid.
