Comments by "" (@advancetotabletop5328) on "The Electric Viking"
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The challenge for any new technology is that the old technology’s upfront costs, such as research and infrastructure, has long ago been paid for. Any long-term benefits of a new technology (eg. Environmentalism) are offset by short-term costs (eg. research and infrastructure).
That’s where businesses come in. These short-term costs are amortized over the product, and businesses have a greater size and scale than consumers. Frex, Amazon can buy hundreds of EV’s for their delivery fleet, of the same make, model, and support, and I presume manufacturers would rather have one large client than many individual ones. USPS mail trucks are also EV’s, and the government is a lucrative market as well. The amount of money involved in a new technology used for business use drives improvements in the technology for business demands.
Eventually, these technological improvements make the technology more affordable for consumer use. Laptops used to cost thousands of dollars, so were used only for business outside of the office. Now, laptops are only a few hundred dollars, and almost passé compared to tablets and smartphones. Scotty the Mechanic calls today’s EV policies, “Putting the policy horse before the technological cart” but hopefully business will make cars better and more fuel efficient, without the need for government subsidies.
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