Angry Robot

How solar and EVs will kill the last of the industry dinosaurs

Predicts that by 2030 the plunging price of solar panels and EV batteries will make fossil fuels obsolete. “Utilities as we know them are over. They are the land line telephone companies of 20, 30 years ago.” Found this via Juan Cole checking out EVs at the Detroit Auto Show, where he notes that in 4 years Tesla will be selling an EV for $38,000.

• January 27, 2014, 9:28 am |