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U.S. EV adoption is happening faster than anticipated

Teslarati

He added that battery electric vehicles cost too much and that the infrastructure isn’t ready for recharging the batteries away from home. “I That’s a function of how automakers understand what consumers want to buy. I don’t think the market is ready. I don’t think the infrastructure is ready.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

Green Car Congress

Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. I would buy a Volt for $40K. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s — Ken Smith 4.

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