Electric vehicle cost penalty may be decisive

In the coming decades the improvement and choice of land vehicle powertrain will mainly be dictated by emissions conformance which will mean a cost/performance compromise. This will result in popularity moving from conventional to pure electric as laws tighten and technology improves, writes Dr Peter Harrop, chairman, IDTechEx Pure electric is already the norm for ...

Electric vehicle cost penalty may be decisive

from ElectronicsWeekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/distribution-world/electric-vehicle-cost-penalty-may-be-decisive-2016-03/