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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I really think in 10 or 15 years most of the gas powered cars on the road, and our beloved 911s will be hobby cars only. Like the horse of the early 1900s, they were replaced with internal combustion cars,
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Automobiles and powered tractors came about in the mid 1800's.
In the early 1900's gasoline autombiles were outnumbered by electric automobiles.
The change to automobiles and tractors was already going on.
Horses are still air breathers that combine oxygen from the atmosphere with hydrocarbons "in the tank" to produce energy.
What caused the proliferation of gasoline cars was inventions related to cost and ease of use.
I'm not seeing any tech on the horizon that makes a similar leap in ease of use or cost from where we are now. Hybrids or direct drive can still take advantage of electronic stability control, launch control, etc...(Decreased cost of solar would increase practicality in short range low use vehichles in particular.)
The O2 in CO2 has over two and a half times the mass of a carbon molecule.
The O in H2O has about eight times the mass of two hydrogen molecules.
Combustion engines(and horses) get to pull that from the air as they go.
Now personally I would rather have a Tesla Plaid than a Mclaren 765.
But I would rather still have a Pagani Zonda if I were spending stupid money on a car.