GetOffYourGas said:
The next few years, the success of the EV is anything but certain. .
I disagree with that statement. While I will agree that the future of any specific car is in question, I wouldn't say the market segment as a whole. For example, if Leaf sales are too weak and the vehicle is discontinued, then most likely those potential customers will flock to the Volt or C-Max, etc. So each time one vehicle falls off the map, it will strengthen the others. Lets hope it doesn't come to that.
Besides. There is another way of looking at things. Take the Prius plug-in, C-Max Energi, Fusion Energi, Focus EV. These vehicles are essentially minor modifications of a better-selling gas or hybrid vehicle, especially the first 3 I mentioned. So they don't have to sell a whole lot of them to keep the product on the market since they share so much with the high-volume version. The Leaf and Volt on the other hand have heavy investments and need to sell more to make it worth their while.
I really don't see any circumstance in which there is a repeat of last decade where all of the EVs on the road will be cancelled.