Yes, the main factor that will decrease the price of EVs is becoming popular due to the lack of conventional fuel. and this needs many years to occurs.

Talking about now, the main element in the EV that is increasing the total cost of the system is the storage/the battery. Accordingly, searching for other storage elements more efficient less costly may decrease the total cost of the car.

In the other hand, I think the move toward EVs will need a boost and a support from governments because citizens, even if they are well aware about the environmental issues, will remain struggle with the cost issue.

I think still it would take at least min 4-5 years ! Though the govt is giving additional benefits of tax , still it is not affordable now ! It would be a game changer when the electric and hybrid car would get the same benefit as it is for the full Electric !! The other aspects like charging time / infrastructure is still a big question mark

The objection changed to their poor range and weak performance. Prior to lithium batteries, electric cars running on lead acid had terrible ranges of 50 miles at best, and top speeds as low as 40mph. When the advent of lithium batteries (especially better, cheaper ones over time) solved those problems however, the objection changed to the price. The technology exists to build fast, beautiful electric cars with long ranges between 200 and 300 miles per charge.

How are electric cars going to be any help to the environment if they are unattainable to all except the upper crust? They are really comfortably within financial reach for the upper middle class and above? Tt is not true, once it runs on the road it will be highly popular and availability to common for all citizens.

They are today a difficult purchase to afford even for the middle class, which just keeps shrinking faster and faster. This final remaining objection to electric cars is the only one that really holds water, and is a serious barrier to their eventual ubiquity.

Battery is the single most expensive component, anything engineers can do to reduce the capacity needed will realize disproportionately large cost savings versus other approaches to bringing the price automatically down.

Government should subsidize the manufacturers or offer generous incentives to potential buyers.

Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG, At the end of the 20th century, the development of electromobility was considered to be futuristic visions that may be implemented in the distant future. Currently, the development of electromobility has become a reality. however, is the development of electromobility progressing effectively or could it not be much faster? What are the determinants of electromobility development? Will electricity consumption increase significantly when the majority of vehicles in the streets are electric vehicles? Is it necessary to commence the construction of further electricity power plants as part of the development of the necessary infrastructure? If so, what types of power plants should they be, whether based on renewable energy sources? So there are many questions related to the development of electromobility.

Has it ever happened in the past that initially futuristic, fantastic, surreal etc. ideas, concepts, projects of technological solutions initially unrealistic after a certain time, after a certain time of technical progress enabled the practical application of previously considered unrealistic technology, design of the invention, innovative futuristic concept ? Some designs of futuristic inventions, technical devices, means of transport etc. designed by Leonardo da Vinci such as drawings of flying machines when Leonardo da Vinci drew them were unrealistic. It took five centuries for them to become real. It was necessary to make the industrial revolution (17th-19th century) and technological revolutions  (20th and 21st century) that those previously considered futuristic and fantastic visions could become a reality.

In addition, what futuristic, fantastic, surreal, etc. ideas, concepts, projects of technological solutions currently considered unrealistic for practical applications could solve key problems of humanity in the 21st century if they became real? For example, problems resulting from climate change, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, the progressing global warming process, more frequent drought in arable fields, lack of water, increasing environmental pollution and therefore the need to improve waste segregation technology, recycling, and conversion of plastic into materials biodegradable, development of renewable energy sources, nature protection, protection of pollinating insects against their mass extinction, acceleration of the development of electromobility, etc. In view of the above, those previously considered futuristic technologies were those associated with the development of electromobility. Currently, the production of electric cars is a fact. The technology has been known for over 100 years, because the first cars that were to be manufactured in the early twentieth century in Henry Ford's factories were to be, according to the original concepts, electric cars. However, later, for some reason, the main sources of energy and mechanical propulsion were replaced with a combustion engine that burns gasoline or other types of petroleum derivative fractions.

100 years have passed, a lot has changed. Greenhouse gas emissions have increased and the global warming process is progressing faster and faster. Therefore, pro-ecological reforms should be implemented faster and with greater financial involvement, including with greater financial involvement from public finances of the state. This is necessary because the global warming process is progressing faster, and humanity has less and less time to introduce the necessary pro-ecological reforms, primarily reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving waste segregation and recycling, developing energy based on renewable energy sources, replacing plastic with biodegradable materials, development of electromobility, protection of biodiversity of natural and natural ecosystems, etc.

For many years, it has been widely accepted that lobbying companies from the mining sector, the energy sector based on the burning of minerals and car concerns, and the pricing policy of energy raw materials are the main factors slowing down the implementation of necessary pro-ecological reforms, including the implementation of ecological innovations in the development of energy-based on renewable energy sources and the development of electromobility in the automotive field.

In my opinion, the key to the development of autonomous car technologies is the issue of developing the necessary infrastructure and safety systems so that the development of autonomous car technologies and the increase in the number of autonomous cars do not increase the statistics on the number of road accidents. In addition, the development of autonomous car technologies can be parallel to the development of electromobility. For the development of electromobility and the number of electric cars in use, it is also necessary to build the necessary infrastructure installed along roads, urban streets and inter-city communication arteries of charging points for batteries with electricity.

In some countries, active electromobility development policies are implemented, under which the state subsidizes the purchase of an electric car from public finance funds and invests in projects to develop the necessary infrastructure of charging points for electricity. Further power plants for the production of electricity are also being built as part of the development of renewable energy sources, as the development of electromobility causes a significant increase in demand for electricity. Unfortunately, this type of pro-ecological, active policy of electromobility development is carried out only in some countries.

Therefore, it is necessary to change the development policy of the energy sector and in shaping the development of the automotive industry, taking into account key aspects of ecology. The state should co-finance the construction of power plants producing electricity and heat on the basis of renewable energy sources. In this way, it will be possible to implement realistically sustainable sustainable economic development carried out according to the green economy concept.

The process of global warming is progressing faster, the scale of negative effects of climate disasters and weather anomalies that are more and more often occurring, which are a derivative of the process of global warming which is progressing faster and faster. Little time is left, according to climatologists' research only max. several years to implement the necessary ecological reforms and innovations, including the development of energy based on renewable energy sources to stop or at least significantly slow down the global warming process, which is accelerating faster and faster. Therefore, the development of electromobility should proceed much faster.

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

In the context of the above issues, I am asking you the following questions:

- Are lobbying companies from the mining sector and the energy sector based on the burning of minerals and automotive companies as well as the pricing policy of energy raw materials the main determinants slowing down the implementation of necessary ecological reforms and the development of electromobility in the automotive field?

- Which types of electromobility or alternative solutions for the pro-ecological powering of motor vehicles are being developed in your countries? Is it based mainly on purely electric or hybrid engines combining electric power with combustion or other power or power based on the combustion of hydrogen with oxygen?

- Will the combination of currently developed Industry 4.0 technologies, i.e. primarily advanced information technologies and technologies in the field of: Electromobility + Autonomous cars + Smart city + Robotics = lead in the next few years to the creation of automated autonomous ecological cars?

- Why is so little done in the field of environmentally friendly reforms, development of renewable energy sources, electromobility and thus the implementation of the green economy concept in modern economies?

- What are the main determinants of the development of electromobility and autonomous car technologies?

What do you think about this topic?

What is your opinion on this topic?

Do you agree with me on the above matter?

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I invite you to discussion

Thank you very much

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Dariusz Prokopowicz