May 14: The never ending line

The great electric vehicle conspiracy is gaining steam, like a nymphomaniac at a Mr. Universe contest. Of course, there is no conspiracy by the electric companies to have everyone driving an electric vehicle (EV) and using their glorious and profit making electricity. It just seems that way, when everywhere you look there is another EV being shown to over the top fanfare. A fun fact.......there are five hundred (500!) EV companies registered in China. Sure, lots of them or most of them will amount to nothing, but even if 5% make it to market, well, you do the math.

Watch out, Tesla, these folks are gunning for you.

Let's take a brief run thru of some of the most promising new EVs scheduled to arrive in the next year or so. Some are from new companies, while others are from the tried and true. Keep in mind, that not all of these cars are focused on the North American market initially, but are expected to arrive here in the close to becoming reality future.

Ever heard of Honda? Stupid question, so it's not unexpected to see that they have shown their first to arrive EV, a small urban runabout.......

While this little number gains traction in the market, they can work on getting their real volume EVs up to speed with less range anxiety.

Thank goodness for China when it comes to Volvo, for without their new ownership by the Chinese giant Geely, they would be "dust in the wind" (with apologies to Kansas) by now. The first EV from this brand will wear their Polestar performance label......

Not quite a sedan,  not quite an suv.........well maybe an suv coupe, so it should be safe in the market as a car or whatever, that will appeal to the trend followers, once they figure out what a Polestar is.

Those two are givens, as they are backed by the big guys, but what about those other companies with Tesla envy? Which ones look like a good bet (ain't nothing sure in the car business) to find a long term home in the EV market? Crystal ball time.

Back to China..........

This is the Geometry EV. Just another EV sedan, so nothing special? No so fast, Bucko, as this car is from Geely and if they want this EV brand to succeed it will, after all look how they have brought Volvo back from the nearly dead.

Next is Byton........

Chinese backing, but with strong management talent from BMW and Nissan, so who would doubt that this EV won't arrive fully formed? To bet against this company would be like saying Martha Stewart can't make a "good thing".

Recently out of the blue, Rivian, a Michigan company showed two EVs and said they would be out within the next year........

Did I doubt them? Yes, sir, but now Ford is backing them in a big way, so I expect them to arrive on schedule and with a quality product. Their suv and pick-up show cars looked fully formed and ready to rock, not like some futuristic fantasy.

Bought a vacuum cleaner lately? Bought a Dyson? If you did, then I know that you are a high roller, as these unique machines are priced in high end Mercedes territory, or would be if they were a car. Dyson recently applied for a patent for their EV suv due out in 2022. The pic below simply shows a rendition of Dyson's EV based on the patent info, so it may look entirely different when it arrives to suck up the road (pun intended)........

Courtesy of Autocar

Yes, I know that there are tons of other worthy prospects, but my feelings are that these few are the surest things we will get one of these months or years.

No more annoying traffic noise in our EV future? Well, there will always be that holdout down the street who cranks up his internal combustion motored vehicle and revs it a bit. Gee, that might be me.

Until next time........