Thread: Anyone seen this?

Originally Posted by donh54

ICE power will be around for a long time yet. As will the fuel to power them.
There's far too much money invested in vehicles and equipment to just throw it away. Apparently, the major suppliers of EV batteries are flat out meeting the current demand from car manufacturers.
I agree that EVs are part of the future vehicle mix, but they won't be as big as Bill wanted them to be in the short term.

Im not talking about the world in general. We don't make cars anymore so local politics isn't going to influence what happens here. The rest of the world is moving to EV in a hurry , no one will be making ICE in 10 years so we will get what the rest of the world demands.

Originally Posted by goingbush

Im not talking about the world in general. We don't make cars anymore so local politics isn't going to influence what happens here. The rest of the world is moving to EV in a hurry , no one will be making ICE in 10 years so we will get what the rest of the world demands.

i think EV tech is still far from being able to replace diesel for industrial or off road applications. oil industry still invests huge money in exploration and production. they have huge influence on world political stage. i don't see americans phasing out ICEs and basically cutting off one of their biggest sources of revenue. not for a while now. how do you start a war over renewable resources?

Originally Posted by Fausto79

i think EV tech is still far from being able to replace diesel for industrial or off road applications. oil industry still invests huge money in exploration and production. they have huge influence on world political stage. i don't see americans phasing out ICEs and basically cutting off one of their biggest sources of revenue. not for a while now. how do you start a war over renewable resources?

GM Must Adapt Or Die: A Lesson For U.S. Automakers

General Motors goes all-in on electric vehicles - Chicago Tribune

GM Is Going All Electric, Will Ditch Gas- and Diesel-Powered Cars

Thats Just GM

Still not convinced. One thing that did occur to me a few months ago though, when i was working on a large road project that is designed for a long way into the future, is that in a few years time we will probably all be flying automated drones and roads will become obsolete.

Originally Posted by Fausto79

Still not convinced. One thing that did occur to me a few months ago though, when i was working on a large road project that is designed for a long way into the future, is that in a few years time we will probably all be flying automated drones and roads will become obsolete.

I dont think so, not until antigravity is invented.
Efficiency wise it takes a lot less energy to move a given weight along the ground (on wheels) than to provide enough thrust to lift the object into the air , albeit once its in the air it takes bugger all to move it along.

The future of off roading then, .... Please give that man a bag of cable ties.