<![CDATA[When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think]]>
When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think

“As the world’s automakers place larger bets on electric vehicle technology, many industry analysts are debating a key question: How quickly can plug-in cars become mainstream?

The conventional view holds that electric cars will remain a niche product for many years, plagued by high sticker prices and heavily dependent on government subsidies.

But a growing number of analysts now argue that this pessimism is becoming outdated. A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, a research group, suggests that the price of plug-in cars is falling much faster than expected, spurred by cheaper batteries and aggressive policies promoting zero-emission vehicles in China and Europe…”

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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/climate/electric-cars-batteries.html

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/climate/electric-cars-batteries.html
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