EV Sales Now Equal 17% of World Auto Sales

[thelastgallon]

Within 20 years, the entire horse industry vanished: https://youtube.com/shorts/Lvzw7NPmppY?si=AA6wdHy0oDEE19DY

Same thing is going to happen to ICE cars, but faster.

[para_parolu]

I doubt ICE will be gone completely. There are many places in the world where batteries don’t work well due to the cold or lack of electricity.

But maybe we will find better cheaper batteries. Until then AV is rich people choice.

[lm28469]

20 years from what to what ? Two cherry picked dates by a science pop star on a YouTube short with that default "big fact background music" during an interview by Joe Looney Rogan

Electric cars predates ICE cars so you're already far off.

And even if you starts at "modern" electric cars that was in the last part of the 90s, more than 20years ago already.

[fomine3]

Gas over horse was a huge upgrade than EV over gas. I don't know will it faster.

[zpeti]

Considering the average age of the car fleet in the US and Europe is around 12 years - that seems like a decent estimate.

Obviously there are many cars older than 12 years old on the road, but 80-90% of cars switching to electric within 10-15 years is not unrealistic if new sales are already 17% (and growing).

[cryptoegorophy]

If you own a house there is no reason not to own EV. It is so much better to plug it in for a night every week or so instead of going to a smelly gas station. Imagine you had to go to a “gas station” for your phone charging.

[baking]

I own a 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid. It is cheaper to drive than an electric (less than ten cents a mile) and cost of ownership is much, much less. Also, not everyone who owns a house has a garage.

[jszymborski]

I mean, I feel like not having the capital is a good reason. It's hard to find affordable EVs. The used market, while less crazy than it was, is still not great for EVs, st least in my area.

Im a huge fan of EVs, though, and if I owned a car it would be an EV.