Are Electric motors killing fuel engines?

After the year 2000, due to the rising prices of petrol and oil, a huge change occurred in the car industry. This was the era when automakers seriously started focus on fuel consumption and companies like Toyota and Nissan made less fuel consumption their major selling point in cars. The only problem at that time was the electric range a car provided on a full charge and the time it takes to juice up the full capacity of the battery.

Toyota and other German companies like BMW decided to introduce hybrid vehicles which uses a combination of electric and petrol power. After this successful hit in the history of vehicles all the brands were forced to shift on this platform as it was more viable for the daily driver. Tesla however was the first company to create a major breakthrough in the automotive industry by reveling their Tesla model S to the market which was introduced in May 22 2012. It offered a staggering number of horsepower and speed plus acceleration which could easily compete with super car numbers considering that this was a family practical vehicle with very low maintenance and fuel cost as it was pure electric.

This huge step created a boom in the automotive industry and as for the other major car manufacturing brands they either had to offer something better or were forced out of manufacturing that category of vehicles for example Ford or Chevrolet.

Now that almost every company is offering electric vehicles and in a couple of years even the pickup trucks and electric SUVs are being introduced there stands no chance for petrol or diesel engine vehicles as it’s not viable enough for the consumer.

It’s a matter of a few years when fuel engines will be obsolete but this is a good news for the consumer as it only increases options of better comfort and higher performance at an affordable price.