Who Killed the Electric Car? No One.

Note that this article has been updated to also include some of the private discussions with thought leaders in the past. You can read my final overview of my research into the Millennial generation along with what I predicted and what happened as they matured at this link. While I still speak about Echo Boomers and iGenZ privately, I seldom add new articles to this specific blogspot site. If you're reaching out about a speaking engagement, you can contact me at the research firm SqlinSix.

Some already out, and more coming during 2012, these 3 electric cars should be top sellers and expect more electric cars to come.

The Coming Electric Car Boom: 3 Hot Electric Cars

Tesla Roadster: the expensive electric car that's already in the market. But Tesla Motors is already creating other electric cars that will appeal to average consumers. What's more interesting than Tesla Motors? Their CEO: Elon Musk. The next Henry Ford or John D. Rockefeller, anyone?

Nissan Leaf: an expensive electric car, but one that will appeal to some middle-class environmentalists.

Mitsubishi i [Update: dead link removed]: remember that Mitsubishi is number 2 in car sales to Echo Boomers, and this addition will help seal their top position for the next generation.

Trust me, there will be naysayers: "Oh those are just TOO expensive" which will easily fall to pieces when gas prices rise above $4 a gallon (and they will in the long run). Also, recall that all new technology costs a lot of money in the beginning, but becomes cheaper in time (see the below video of Bill Gates talking about energy).

Starting around 1:20

Now the price of energy has come down over time [see graph in video to see how far its fallen]. Really advanced civilization is really based on advances in energy.

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Even in the 1900s we've seen a very rapid decline of the price of electricity.

Video link (video embedding is no longer supported).

(I wrote this post in honor of my dad, who said that electric cars would never succeed because oil companies would stop them. I think they will succeed.)