Electrified Road... The Technology is definitely coming... ICE Cars are as good as dead. (vehicles, 2013)

[blktoptrvl]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...D=ansmsnnews11

"The “dynamic charging” — as opposed to the use of roadside charging posts — means the vehicle’s batteries can be smaller, along with their manufacturing costs."

[kapie9969]

The costs and being able to go rural.it will be a while.

[rbohm]

wonderful i hope it ultimately happens, unfortunately it wont happen in my lifetime, and perhaps not in my nieces lifetime.

[pknopp]

It might happen. I drive an electric car so..............that aside, none of us will see the complete end of gas cars.

[kwong7]

Originally Posted by pknopp

It might happen. I drive an electric car so..............that aside, none of us will see the complete end of gas cars.

I've got quite the diversified spread myself:
2001 VW Golf TDI (diesel)
2006 GM 2500HD Duramax (diesel)
2007 Lexus Rx400h (gas-electric hybrid)
2013 Fiat 500e (electric)

Just by adding the Fiat, we've reduced our gasoline and diesel usage by 1,000 gallons and 200 gallons respectively over the last year.

[rstevens62]

While I do agree that its crazy we are still relying on internal combustion powered vehicles in 2018, I do not see this coming anytime soon, it would too much of a profit killer.

Whatever power source is used for transportation, it MUST be able to be metered out to the public, or it will never see the light of day. The Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 is the reason why we dont see hovering cars or alternative powered cars, its not that the tech for these things does not exist, its just that they are not profitable enough compared to ICE.

[Ziggy100]

That’s one way to get rid of stupid giant unnecessary batteries.

That being said, personal drones will be more prevalent long before the entire world decides to rework their entire surface road infrastructure.

[easy62]

They should take that idea and use it for melting ice and snow in northern climates to get rid of the use of road salt and help with portholes by montering the extream temperature of the roads.

[BostonMike7]

So what do I drive when I go travel on dirt roads in upstate Maine when I go camping/hunting for a week? I'm so far from a gas station I usually have to take a few cans of gas with me from the last station I pass?


How well does that arm work in a blizzard with standing snow on the surface of the road? What if the rails get clogged with snow/ice?


While I welcome the new tech, I think we are far off from ICE vehicles being totally eliminated.

[Dwatted Wabbit]

LOL. Thanks for the laffs.