VW, BMW, Mercedes, We Will Think Aboout it Options

[914Sixer]

Not putting the gas engine to bed yet.

[wonkipop]

i think there will be a place for hybrid vehicles in the overlap period.
there is a problem in places like aus, in rural/country areas.
distances are big like the usa with less population.
think midwest but a lot emptier.

battery and range issues (as well as cost) have held back electric vehicle adoption here.
i understand mazda have kept rotary technology alive in the tech lab.
a rotary can be made to run cleanly and with fuel efficiency if kept at constant revs.
these were previously its two biggest drawbacks.
a rotary generator, electric engined hybrid has very real advantages in aus in the near term at least until batteries get even better.

the rotary can also be made to run easily on a range of fuels that make it possible to see a future there. i'm not sure but i believe hydrogen is a possibility. though a hydrogen tank and storage is every bit as cumbersome as electric charging and storage infrastructure. more likely some kind of synthetic or biofuel? but they can certainly clean up a rotary run within the strict parameters of a set constant rev operation, which assists with carbon tax penalties that are likely to come at the end of this decade.

i think the greenpeace legal thing is more a stunt than anything else.
the governments themselves are making the moves and the legislation is the one that counts.

the point about plastics made above is a good one. i believe the boat that greta thernburg made her way across the atlantic in had a high composites content which might have escaped her attention. more so than the end of petroleum as a fuel is the problem of plastics. it strikes me as remarkable there has been so little comment in relation to teslas in that regard. i guess there will be some kind of move into starch based plastics. but it is the elephant in the room.