Re: End of the road for petrolheads. Quote:
Originally Posted by salilpawar1 Personally, I think it's not electric motors but the below 3 things that would be the death knell for petrolheads:
1. Ultra efficient, affordable and high speed public transport
2. Autonomous driving tech
3. Reaching the limit of what humans can drive 'manually' e.g. 0-100 kph in say 3 seconds or a top speed of 300+ km/h becoming a hygiene in mainstream EVs. This is in a way related to point 2. |
Ultra efficient and high speed public transport will not be affordable and convenient IMO. In a country like ours, better infrastructure attracts (pulls) huge crowds that make the very infrastructure inadequate. I realize this when I (seldom) take the Mumbai metro and local train.
So the need for personal transport will be equally felt IMO. The public transport means a lot of tiring walk on or near the stations, being in a sort of stampede and unhygienic conditions in the bus / train /stations, rats / stray dogs / cockroaches and piles of rotting garbage. Quote:
Originally Posted by terra85 Now in 10-15years all the cars will be just like washing machines wont have any character. Wonder what is going to be the future for relics like us. |
Even the electric cars will have a character on their own I think. Though the drivetrain is different, they will still have road behavior, steering, cornering, stability, suspension, torque, road grip etc. |