Different to often heard claims, the raise in e-cars will cause Germany over the next one and a half decade a net-loss of over 100 thousand jobs, from simple to most specialised jobs. And that is the most friendly scenario assuming cars by then will have just a 23% share of electrically driven.
https://translate.google.com/transla...919.html&sl=de
For the missing graphs, go here:
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unt...a-1241919.html
Problem is that German car akers so far show now ambition to take control of battery production themselves. IMO a monumental strategic mistake.
Once again.
I still cannot see that ecars will compete with the Diesel over the long distance, however. Not in 10 and not in 20 years, and even beyond that I would say it is unlikely. Such batteries simply are not in sight, and the laws of physics can be explored, but not broken.
The new Audi etron weighs 2.5 tons, I read.
Myself, I am a modest man: I just hope for bicycle batteries seeing a massive boost in their longevity (very important), max capacity (relevant) and sensitivity to cold temperatures (secondary).