Originally Posted by
nolimitholdem
The capacity of a battery would need to increase twenty-fold before it could compete head-to-head with fossil fuel. (A kerosene-powered turbine is even more efficient than an ICE, power-to-weight).
A battery-powered vehicle will probably never be able to truly compete with ICE, but at some point ICE will be either out of fuel or simply banned.
In the mean time everybody should be happy somebody bothers to research alternatives and try new applications for our current level of technology.