<s>[INST] What is the purpose of building an electric car? Can it ever be as economically competitive as a vehicle powered by fossil fuel? [/INST] Yes, actually I think the long term electric cars will be more economically competitive than the -- than the gasoline car. Also, the price of gasoline is going to rise over time given finite supplies and rapidly increasing demand, particularly from China and India, as we've seen.
But in addition to the price of gas going up, the cost of electric transportation is going to go down, drive in part by companies like Tesla. </s>