I called it!

LovetheA's said
I’ve looked into the whole electric car green thing. I can tell you right now based on current battery technology and where and how they have to source the materials for lithium cobalt batteries etc the end result of an electric car is far from green. The carbon foot print of an electric car through manufacturing and recharging off of fossil fuel plants is definitely higher than efficient combustion engines. Now if battery technology was much more advanced and was solid state derived not using rare earth minerals to manufacture them things would be different. It’s funny that many environmentalists and people that insist going green push for electric. However, where our current technology sits this is really doing nothing for the CO2 emissions. It makes me laugh.

YY1 said
That 2 motor tesla model 3 can go 350 miles on a charge and run the lights and A/C.

That's about the same range as most of my gas powered cars and trucks.

...but the tesla can do an 11.5 second 1/4 mile as well.

It's ridiculously quick. Ferrari quick!

(...and yes, I understand the effective range is 175 in order to get back home to charge, but they do have an extra overnight 110V portable charging cable.)

gregcon said
We can debate all the 'facts' about electric vehicles all day long. As with most debates, you can paint it anyway you want. But what lies at the bottom of it all is simple - an electric vehicle has absolutely no soul.

An 11 second 426 Hemi powered A body? That's Jimi Hendrix. An 11 second Tesla? That's your 17 year old neighbor on an $89 Casio keyboard from WalMart.

All of the above statements are accurate. However , the fact is that consumers are trending towards electric and that is where the market will go . Probably long before any law that Cali makes goes into effect.
Besides...Electric cars have less components so they will be cheaper to make.
The law is a moot point. Its like saying we will outlaw landline telephone by 2050 . They will be long gone before then.
How many stage coaches are made each year ? There will still be a few specialty cars but 99% will be electric or other type of drive.