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Originally Posted by spatterson007
Just came from a cool guest speaker event at my University. This professor who has been in the automotive industry his whole life explained why electric cars will not replace combustion engines. At least from a fuel economy and efficiency standpoint, not in the next 50 years. He showed all the energy that is lost from the factory to the energy left getting to the wheels in both scenarios and straight electric cars (not hybrids) are actually less "energy efficient". With the consumer push for fuel economy and efficiency, electric motors are still behind the competition. Was a very interesting presentation.
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Until commerical aircraft stop using jet fuel, gasoline and diesel powered cars will offer a lower total lifecycle cost to own and operate. The only driver to an EV-based automotive landscape will be a non-market based legislated mandate to get there regardless of the economic impact on society.