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Originally Posted by Ryan_Cunningham
Jeremy Clarkson had a metaphor a few years back about this topic. At some point will gas engine cars become obsolete for commuting? Probably. But so did the horse, and now people are able to enjoy horses for leisure and sport.
Not the end of the world.
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This is a very good point.
However the comparison of
gas engine cars to
horses, and
EV's to
gas engine cars of the 1900's is very Off the mark. Battery tech is no where near competitive enough to displace the gas engine car ubiquity.
Efficiencies in ICE engines coupled with short interval energy recovery systems make the hybrid gas car the most likely machine to displace the typical car.
Full EV's ... it's the ridiculously low energy density of ridiculously expensive batteries that make EV's non-competitive.