310- to 373-Mile Electric Cars by 2020, Says VW Exec

Dr Heinz-Jakob Neusser, Volkswagen’s head of powertrain development, thinks that electric cars with over 300 miles of range aren’t too far off.  The foundation of his argument is that the energy density of electric car batteries has been improving rapidly and will continue to do so.

“I expect the next generation in 2015-17 will increase to around 300 km [186 miles] and the following step will be around 500-600 km [310-372 miles],” Dr Neusser said when discussing the VW e-Golf.

Dr Neusser thinks we could have 500- to 600-kilometer (310- to 373-mile) electric cars by 2020.

... Dr Neusser doesn’t think plug-in hybrid electric cars will last long.  They are just a short bridge technology on the way to an automobile market full of 100%-electric cars.  He also included hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as a bridge technology.  (Nevermind that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles aren’t green, are absurdly expensive, don’t have an infrastructure in place to support them, and Volkswagen execs have slammed fuel cell vehicles as being inefficient and hopeless outside of Japan.)

310- to 373-Mile Electric Cars by 2020, Says VW Exec