"In the late 1890s, at the dawn of the automobile era, steam, gasoline, and electric cars all competed to become the dominant automotive technology. By the early 1900s, the battle was over, and internal combustion was poised to become the prime mover of the twentieth century." -- David Kirsch's The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History (2000)
"The credit is in fact working. It just needs a little more time." -- Genevieve Cullen, Electric Drive Transportation Association (July 2019)
Milton Friedman once remarked: "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." He also observed that so-called infant industries protected by the government "never grow up."