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Yes, I also remember the good old days, when I did all my own repairs and it costed almost nothing. Soon all our old infernal combustion machines will be relegated to history, replaced by all sorts of battery and computer problems. Then we will say that this is the good old days now !
I think that the person who will see the internal combustion engine only in the museum has not been born yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrianJ
The hybrids are around for 25years and had no impact on the combustion engine cars production.
The electric vehicle was invented almost at the same time as the internal combustion one, if you don't count the steam engine.
The second attempt to convert to electric in mid 90s has failed as well, now the 3rd attempt and it will be another at least 25years of all sorts of hybrids, after that who knows, maybe in 100 years from now. :?
It's all down to convenience and easy to use. I don't see the vehicle that needs the overnight charge to be able to drive 200-500km and in perfect environmental conditions to get that range, as very convenient one. The reason is simple, when the battery is exhausted, you can't refuel it in 5 or so minutes too keep going. You can't put the electricity in the jerrycans.
For now and the near future. The electric car is a degradation of the name "Automobile".
There is one design on the horizon that addresses those problems, the hydrogen fuel cell electric car, it can be refuelled at a normal garage in similar time as petrol, and has a similar range. This is the design I am waiting for if I live long enough.
But it is not ready for the public yet, there are many problems with handling the hydrogen to iron out.
So I do agree, that its not going to happen in a rush.
Yeah, ....and there’s already 1 hydrogen fuel station in Australia. Hyundai has a small suv that runs on hydrogen.