I am Editor of a site The Energy Roadmap.com – where we’ve been making a very different case for electric vehicles for many months now. The real opportunity for the industry is changing how we build cars, not fuel them.

We written extensively on wheel based electric motors, drive by wire systems and next generation energy storage beyond batteries. The vision of the future is a skateboard chassis (e.g. GM Autonomy) that decouples body updgrades (aftermarket sales) from propulsion system.

So– I was thrilled when I saw the front page of the WSJ today on the subway.

Finally manufacturing gets its credit as a major driver of disruption!!!

I am eager to see the conversation evolve beyond the set of incremental solutions of improving efficiency, better batteries, et al.

It’s hard to imagine batteries and ‘plugging’ in as the platform for the 21st century. While I can respect people being burned by the hydrogen hype cycle in 2003-2008, it would be short-sighted to ignore the steady development of non-battery solutions. I think it’s likely that next generation electric vehicles will be based on the integration of batteries, fuel cells and capacitors.

The auto industry needs to shift its revenue streams away from ‘build, sit on lot until sold’ model of the combustion engine.

In any event– just a few thoughts to consider.

And as a PA native, I’m hoping for a Philly-Steelers Superbowl…!

Enjoy your feeds!

Garry Golden
Editor
The Energy Roadmap.com
http://www.theenergyroadmap.com