Thread: Electric vehicles, progress (from a marketing perspective)

Originally Posted by goingbush

Its well known that the amount of Electricity consumed to produce & refine oil Oh wait We used to build cars too, that takes a huge baseload, we had the Electricity for that , AND for oil production at the same time, as well as many other heavy industry that has moved overseas.

Quick google search,around 2009/2010,there was a reduction in power used through out Australia,this is put down to consumers and businesses being more power conscious.

From 2014 onwards power usage has increased year on year.
Increase in population probably accounts for this.

And i quote"since 2014,power usage has increased,even though there has been a large reduction in manufacturing,and many mining companies are reducing power use"

Sure some manufacturing and oil production may have shut down before 2014,but the most recent trends are probably more important.

Its also interesting looking at power generation figures,hydro is the biggest renewable source,with wind and solar lagging way behind.
As we know these will increase as time goes on.

Some may ask what were the power usage trends before 2009?
i couldn't find any facts,but as population was increasing,as were products and businesses using electricity,i presume so would power usage.

I think, from a marketing perspective, electric vehicles have had their day.
'In 1901, 38 per cent of the cars were electric, and 20 per cent or so were petrol, and in the middle, there was the outgoing technology of steam"
They lost the war over a century ago.

The history of the electric car is longer than you might think - RN - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

I like the idea of bringing back the Hansom cab and bullock dray. Amish communities seem to do well.