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Electric vehicles will still need to address

Electric vehicles will still need to address inherent problems with range, battery performance in cold/hot weather, charging time and charging infrastructure. Having said that, electric cars could and will gain 5% to 15% market share in the 2030s, mainly due to regulation, aspirational sales, innovation, and improvements in cost and performance.

Internal-combustion-car manufacturers are not ignoring the threat. Innovation in fuel efficiency and reduced pollution continue, enhancing internal combustion’s appeal and longevity, as well as extending the yardstick electric vehicles must beat. I don’t see electric vehicles replacing internal-combustion cars under any reasonable time frame. However, the future is infinite, and such switching may very well take place beyond the 2050 time horizon.