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'Not right away': Electric cars still have long road ahead
« on: October 07, 2018, 04:07:57 pm »
'Not right away': Electric cars still have long road ahead
October 5, 2018 by Daniel Aronssohn And Joseph Schmid
 

Under dazzling autumn sunshine in the heart of Paris, Marc Fiot steps out of a new Zoe, Renault's flagship all-electric hatchback, and readily declares it "the future".

Does that mean the 70-year-old retiree, who says he hasn't missed an edition of the Paris Motor Show since 1966, is ready to join what carmakers insist will be the electric revolution?

"Not right away," Fiot says. "What's stopping us is the price—it's a bit expensive for a small car."


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-electric-cars-road.html#jCp

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Re: 'Not right away': Electric cars still have long road ahead
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2018, 09:30:59 pm »
While creativity and innovation are the brothers of
science, the father of each is economics; a reality
those in thrall to change remain oblivious to.