Comments on: Warren Buffett: All Cars Will Be Electric By 2030

By: How Toyota’s Prius Troubles Will Shape the Green Car Market | Yooxe

How Toyota’s Prius Troubles Will Shape the Green Car Market | Yooxe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:01:24 +0000

[...] still hold a single-digit sliver of the pie. And despite optimistic projections from investors like Warren Buffett, who has said he expects all cars will run on electricity by 2030, other forecasts suggest significantly slower adoption, mainly due to high price [...]

By: Paul Scott

Paul Scott — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:43:20 +0000

Buffett is mostly correct. In 20 years, most cars sold, maybe all of them, will have plugs. A certain percentage will still have a liquid fueled engine used to extend range over what a pure battery electric can do. What the relative percentages of so-called plug-in hybrids vs. EVs are is a guess, but the main point is that most all of the daily driving will be on kWh instead of gallons.

Several hundred of us still have the EVs from the early 2000's that were made for the California zero emission vehicle mandate. These cars are amazing! Mine is still running exactly as it did the day I got it. We've driven 80,000 miles, all on kWh generated by the sunlight falling on our roof.

The experience of driving a car that is almost silent, is more powerful than your gas car, smooth as glass, never needs maintenance, charges at home while you sleep, uses 100% renewable, domestic energy instead of dirty, expensive oil purchased from foreign countries, is pretty damn nice. Once you try it, you'll never want to go back to a smelly, vibrating, polluting gas burner.

The GM Volt and Nissan Leaf will be sold starting this fall. The Leaf is announcing their price on March 31st. I've driven this car and can say with assurance that it's going to sell like crazy.

By: How Toyota’s Prius Troubles Will Shape the Green Car Market

How Toyota’s Prius Troubles Will Shape the Green Car Market — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:43:12 +0000

By: 10 Signs Your Next Car Won’t Be Electric

10 Signs Your Next Car Won’t Be Electric — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:01:50 +0000

[...] to make up only a small portion of the auto market. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett recently predicted that all cars will be electric by 2030, but most forecasters anticipate a slower rate of adoption for electric and plug-in hybrid [...]

By: tecosystems » links for 2009-12-02

tecosystems » links for 2009-12-02 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:03:23 +0000

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By: Patrick at HEF

Patrick at HEF — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:18:18 +0000

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are electric vehicles too. They are at the same stage in terms of cost-competitiveness according to the auto manufacturers making them.

By: fronzmetal

fronzmetal — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:49:28 +0000

Check this concept out. An all electric pick up truck from Nissan thats whats coming;and thats what im saving my money for. Also a plug in hybred pick up truck with all battery range of at least 63 miles (100 km) . with 120v 240v and 240v three phase capabilities. Also cleaner burning autos are healthier which in turn reduce medical bills. Its like if you have cleaner air you will have lower lung disease and cancers. Its a win win for organic life. Go for it

By: Battery

Battery — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:34:09 +0000

I can see it happening. And Warren Buffett isn't usually one to make audacious claims that he can't back up.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:30:34 +0000

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By: How Greener Cars & Smarter Transit Fit Into COP15

How Greener Cars & Smarter Transit Fit Into COP15 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:02:26 +0000

[...] noted yesterday that while Warren Buffett (who has invested in electric car developer BYD Auto) says he expects all [...]