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Yes, political will (or lack of it) will also play a part.

The whole e-car debate is very complex and not just about technology. I‘ve watched technogical fads come and go in this industry (battery cars, fuel cells, hydrogen cars, hybrids) and it‘s not the first time that e-cars have been proclaimed as the future technology. At the end of the 90s we also had such a phase, supported by californian legislation - anyone remember the Saturn EV1? Anyhow, that fad died because the technology wasn‘t ready.

But this time it is different: Battery technology has made huge leaps since then, driven and financed largely by the the computer and smartphone industry during the last 10-15 years, and the problems of city pollution receive much more serious political and social attention than back then.

In short, the technology is viable/near-viable and demand for it is also there and growing, not just from a few technology freaks. This of course only applies to the developed world. Third and second world countries is a different story.