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Concord moments are just parenthesis in the history of humanity. 5 years ago the electric car would have been on that list. Faster than sound planes will come back, it's just a matter of time and technology being mature enough for the product to be economically viable.

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> 5 years ago the electric car would have been on that list.

I don't understand -- are you saying that at some point prior to 2012, electric cars had been in frequent use, and then that stopped at some point?

Yes, this was a widespread believe, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_the_Electric_Car%3F

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

The EV1 was never in widespread use.

There were a lot more EV1s than Concordes, which is surely the relevant comparison here.

That’s ridiculous. Each Concorde was shared by something like 50,000 people per year. Each EV1 was shared by... I’ll be generous here: 50?

"5" would be generous, >90% of miles driven in America have only the driver and no passengers.

Many of the first cars were electric.

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