I could be wrong, but I don’t think at any point in the history of the world have so many different automakers been aligned with the same basic goal in common; make clean, energy efficient transportation affordable for the masses. Gives ya the warm ‘n fuzzies, don’t it?
Our coming automotive era may be akin to the late 1890’s to 1920 when electric, steam, and internal combustion cars shared the roads in America and no one quite knew which one would predominate. For more on that fascinating era, I highly recommend The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History by David A. Kirsch.