Define “pretty soon” because that time is not nearly as soon as you might think. The technology is not even close to being a replacement for internal combustion (non-hydrogen) engines at this point. If you are saying 15 years is the turning point, I think you and whomever agrees with this will be unpleasantly surprised.
When technology is primitive, giant leaps and bounds in progress are common, but as technology become more and more complex, those changes become more incremental and evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Just as has been said, cars are not being replaced with some other revolutionary type of transportation (a la horses to cars)… this is an incremental and evolutionary change to the vehicles we already know, but this change will take massive and slow growing changes to our world’s infrastructure and to how we think about how cars are built and the materials that are used. Anyone who believes that internal combustion engines will be effectively replaced by electric cars in 15 years has very little grasp on how engineering, science and legislation actually work! Sure, there will be more electric cars out there and there will be BETTER infrastructure out there for them in 15 years, but fossil fuels (and their synthetic counterparts) will not disappear. Also, the impact on the environment won’t be as dramatically reduced as some believe. If you want to follow the developments in alternative fuels and EVs more closely, join the SAE… I’ve been a member for over 20 years and I was on the team that launched the very first mass produced electric car (GM EV1). Ask me about what people were saying about the future of gas cars back in the 90s when we did that!
. Let’s just say, the predictions back then were a bit off as well. Toyota got closer than anyone with the Prius, but back then everyone thought we were on the doorstep of a brave new world. And if anyone here thinks I’m just an old fogey closed minded gas loving hot rodder who refuses to change with the times, I’m not. I currently have two Cadillac Lyriqs, a Hummer EV, and a Silverado EV on order. I’m not getting rid of the 392 or my 69 Cuda (or my Duramax) anytime soon, but I’ll drive electric when it suits the situation. And I’m banking on the fact that there are other people out there who feel the same. (So let me know if you are in the market for any of those EVs because I’m obviously not planning to have them all in my garage at the same time! ). I just want to be one of the first to experience them.
Is the hummer a FE SUV? If so, I'll take it. haha. I have the SUV on order, but I'd rather get a FE if I could. I freakin' love the paint color on those.And I’m banking on the fact that there are other people out there who feel the same. (So let me know if you are in the market for any of those EVs because I’m obviously not planning to have them all in my garage at the same time!
Unfortunately, not a FE. I ordered the EV3x Truck. I also like the idea of the truck along with my 392 Wrangler. I don't really have a need for a 3 row SUV (although, I just drove a 2023 Escalade V series and that might have changed my mind).
When technology is primitive, giant leaps and bounds in progress are common, but as technology become more and more complex, those changes become more incremental and evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Just as has been said, cars are not being replaced with some other revolutionary type of transportation (a la horses to cars)… this is an incremental and evolutionary change to the vehicles we already know, but this change will take massive and slow growing changes to our world’s infrastructure and to how we think about how cars are built and the materials that are used. Anyone who believes that internal combustion engines will be effectively replaced by electric cars in 15 years has very little grasp on how engineering, science and legislation actually work! Sure, there will be more electric cars out there and there will be BETTER infrastructure out there for them in 15 years, but fossil fuels (and their synthetic counterparts) will not disappear. Also, the impact on the environment won’t be as dramatically reduced as some believe. If you want to follow the developments in alternative fuels and EVs more closely, join the SAE… I’ve been a member for over 20 years and I was on the team that launched the very first mass produced electric car (GM EV1). Ask me about what people were saying about the future of gas cars back in the 90s when we did that!
Just keep watching... We've all read the legislation and know the purported "plan." Just for giggles... tell me how many of those 500,000 chargers have been added since Biden took office.
Part of the issue with the Hummer SUV is that I think it's only 2 row (as far as what we know so far). Some people have a beef with it because of that.
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It's ONLY coming because of the regulations pushed by a certain political party. Otherwise corporations would build what their customers want not what they're forced to build to comply with idiotic gr$$n policy directives. So vote how you want but know that voting for 1 of the sides makes you complicit in this socialist scam.
