Sep 2016 2

Richard Branson Makes Bold EV Prediction

Can you imagine a world where all vehicles on the road are electric? Well, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson can and he recently shared this prediction during an interview that he gave with CNN while he was out supporting the Virgin Racing Team at a Formula E race event.

His exact quote stated: “Formula E is pushing the boundaries forward into what will be the future. Fifteen years from now, I suspect every car on the road will be electric.”

He then later elaborated on that quote by stating that: “If governments set the ground rules — and they sometimes have to be brave and set positive ground rules — and for instance said, ‘more than 50% of cars must be battery-driven in 10 years and 100% in 15 years,’ we could make that happen. It will be great fun and really challenging to do. The cars would be much more efficient… and battery technology will get better and better.”

While Branson has always been known for his optimistic and innovative views into the future in terms of technology it will remain to be seen if this prediction actually comes true. More and more automakers seem to be putting emphasis on the electric vehicle market but there would need to be a big shift for such a dramatic change to occur in only a decade and a half since currently, the majority of all vehicle in the lineups for all automakers are not electric. So it remains to be seen whether Branson’s vision will actually happen when he thinks it will but one thing is for sure and that is that electric vehicle are definitely expected to remain on the rise and it is not out of the question to think that one day they will be the only option for vehicles. We will just have to wait and see how it all plays out.

“Richard Branson: “15 Years From Now, I Suspect Every Car On The Road Will Be Electric”.” Clean Technica. N.p., 17 July 2016. Web. <https%3A%2F%2Fcleantechnica.com%2F2016%2F07%2F17%2Frichard-branson-15-years-now-suspect-every-car-road-will-electric%2F>.