I saw that video before, coulda been you
@BigblueC, and I agree that the consumers don't want EV's right now. Sure, some do, but most don't. I know I don't, I have no need for one.
The presenter touched on it briefly, about planes and trains, is that electric versions make no sense, until you can get stupid power out of a cell the size of a stick of chewing gum, heavy equipment will still use ICE's to power them. Trains in the US will never have a power system laid out to fully electrify the entire network that is in use. They will always use a large diesel to turn the alternator/generator to produce the electricity to power the drive axles. Planes will probably never go electric on a large scale, maybe Jon travolta will, but probably not.
And what about large ships? Container ships need something large to power their propellers, they would probably need about twic as much mass to achieve that, and I'm just guessing. It will never be economically feasible during my lifetime. If it is, then they found some secret to the universe.
Car manufacturers want use to keep our buy-use-dispose attitude with the crap they peddle today. I'm glad my daily '08 is pretty much dependable, but it's staring to show its age and little things are going wrong with it. I'll fix those things, as it's cheaper to do that then buy something else to fix. But if I have to get something else, it'll be as old or older than what I have now.