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Speculating about the next years, Fred Lambert writes that once there are good all-electric options across the car market internal combustion engines will be as good as dead.
Before 2025, there's going to be a point where there's not going to be a single car buyer in their right mind who's going to want to buy a new gasoline car. Not a single one. Because they're going to look at the market, they're going to look at what's out there, and all the different electric car models that are out there now. By that point, by 2025, there's going to be dozens and dozens of more EV models than what's available today. And attractive ones!
It's going to be hard for someone to justify buying a gas-powered car at that point, because they're going to think about the resale value of it.
I think the resale value of gasoline cars is going to drop massively in the next five years, and predicted value is going to drop even more drastically. Buying a gasoline car right now is a bad choice. Buying a gasoline car within the next five years is going to be just a financial suicide for most people.
Earlier on SN:
Every Electric Vehicle on Sale in the US for 2019 and Its Range (2019)
Australian Plan to Ban Petrol and Diesel Cars (2019)
Have We Reached Peak Car? (2018)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by woodcruft on Tuesday July 09 2019, @12:16PM
The opinions of the manchild known as Fred Lambert are not worth listening to nor worth repeating.
He's 27 years old with no formal education nor professional experience about the domain about which he's decided to spout forth: the design & manufacture of electric cars. Hence, the 'Electrek' site he edits is largely unpolluted by informed facts or opinions.
Should he choose to, he should spend some of his ill-gotten gains from his cheerleading activities for Tesla in particular, and invest in studying for a degree in mechanical engineering from a good university.
Once he's got his degree, get a job in the industry, undergo formal professional development and eventually become a member of his professional institution.
After a few decades of significant work and experience as a mechanical engineer he might have something worth saying about the matter. I'm not holding my breath though.
Pro tip: Empty vessels make most noise.
:wq!