When it comes to electric cars, we just need someone to turn on the lights

In the 1880s, the idea of electric street lights seemed absurd. If you had to light the streets, you did it with gas. Gas lamps were a fire hazard, smelled terrible and were barely an improvement on total darkness. Apart from that, they were fine.

A Tesla car recharges. The Tesla Model S75 RP has
 lower emissions when charged on the national
electricity grid than a Toyota Corolla.

With the perspective of time, we see a failure of imagination. We forget how the arguments stacked up to our forebears.

Read the comment piece by Alan Finkel in today’s Age - “When it comes to electric cars, we just need someone to turn on the lights.”