Will you be EV or internal combustion in ten years/?/

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http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportat...


I do not buy the timing on this precisely but I think its directionally correct. Already where I live, Teslas are a common sight, younger people are less likely to drive at all, car sharing is also common, and we have the usual anti-car local government.Big car meufaturers are pouring money into this dissection, self driving is not that far away.

Not something I relish, but....ten years out, I wonder how much of it will have happened.

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As the charging infrastructure gets built out I will certainly keep an eye on it..i am sure that there will be a wide variety of options and they will not all be bland.My original thought was an urban runabout like a Smart but i may eventually move to a condo which will definitely have charging capability; by then we might see more appealing cars than now. I do rate the pure EV Tesla very highly, but was much less impressed by some of the Hybrids like the i8.

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At some point I expect I will have one, but not for a few years ..not sure how these vehicles will last over time, how fast the development curve will be that will obsolete earlier vehicles, what kind of charging facilities will exist. and so on. Early days. Still,if you think of the development of the automobile from 1900 to say 1930..a very short time... (think 1987 to now).... and how amazing the change was, I would think the next ten years will be mind-blowing.

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Dave3166 said:

I drive a V8, love it.
What a shame these engines along with the V6's will be assigned to the history books.
I'm so glad I've owned V6's, V8's, V12's, etc etc.
As long as I can buy a V8 engined car in what ever make and model, then I will.

Electric cars are so boring and unexciting in lots of ways. At least the hybrids have something going for them.

I also am aware they will go away. When the V10 M6 appeared from BMW years ago I bought one immediately as I felt that it might be my one and only V10. I have had many V8s and still have a couple of them.
Like me, the V8 is past its peak sadly, and the days of the big lazy non-turbo American V8 and the bonkers German ones are all in decline now. I am sad to see them go even if on a raw performance basis the replacements will have equal or better performance. The deep thrum of a big V8 is a joy....