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Originally Posted by David View Post
I think we're a long way from internal combustion engines going away at least not until battery technology takes a huge leap forward.

I do expect nearly all vehicles to be some form of hybrid relatively soon. There's just too much energy wasted in braking not recover as much as possible.

Here's some new technology that may better integrate ICE's with electric motors:

Is this grad student's transmission the future of hypercars? | Autoweek
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