10 years ago I foretold the advent of the all-electric future. I suggested this would be a ‘plug-in’ where you just plug it into the mains grid to recharge overnight. The only problem stopping the universal adapting of this concept has been the short life of the batteries.
Now remember when mobile phones first became available. The damn thing fitted into a suitcase, and you had to be Don Athaldo to be strong enough to carry it. Now the whole smart shooting match fits into your shirt pocket.
The electric concept has been well used by specialty manufacturers, especially Chinese such as BYD. In fact, the taxi service at Suvarnabhumi are all electric and built by BYD.
However, mainstream manufacturers are now offering electric as well as internal combustion, such as BMW. The i8 is for sale today, not some dream in the future.
10 years ago I said that I firmly believed this would be the way we would be going. Those people who think that hydrogen is the answer will have to work out how to get hydrogen to the mass market, and who is going to pay for the reticulation system. With plug-ins, the refueling system is as far away as the power plug on the wall!
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