How about this: electric cars become the norm for intra-city travel, which preempts the take-off of internal combustion engines vehicles just long enough for country-dwellers to start using steam-powered cars, which don't require any new infrastructure since the fuel source is coal, charcoal or even wood. So by 1920 or so city-dwellers have their electric cars, country-dwellers have their steam cars, and there's no longer enough of a market for gas-powered cars to justify the expense of opening gas stations. How does that sound?Yean, for electric cars to stay competitive you'll need a decent amount of regulation, else Steam or internal combustion designs will take over every segment of the market.
How about this: electric cars become the norm for intra-city travel, which preempts the take-off of internal combustion engines vehicles just long enough for country-dwellers to start using steam-powered cars, which don't require any new infrastructure since the fuel source is coal, charcoal or even wood. So by 1920 or so city-dwellers have their electric cars, country-dwellers have their steam cars, and there's no longer enough of a market for gas-powered cars to justify the expense of opening gas stations. How does that sound?
Just food for thought…every car in the US could be powered from electricity generated by 92x92 miles of sunlight in the Mojave desert. If someone tells you it can’t be done they are wrong. It can be done and hopefully will be done.
Well does the sun shines at night in the Mojave because that´s the time when most of the cars will charge their batteries.