Will regular gasoline cars still be mainstream in 30 more years, why or why not?

[mysteriousNicholas]

[CaptainObivous]

Most likely not, 30 years from now, we'll have much better and cheaper battery technology combined with ever increasing fuel prices due to shortages and other factors. The only way I foresee gasoline cars, aka internal combustion engine cars still staying mainstream is if battery technology doesn't have major advances and we start producing bio fuels that can rival gasoline.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Yes. There's no way we're getting rid of gas cars in your lifetime.

[mysteriousNicholas]

I appreciate this 😅😁

[Anonymous]

Until more charging stations are built , yes. I have rarely seen charging stations anywhere

[Opinion Owner]

Ps: welcome back for like the fourth or something time 🤣

[Opinion Owner]

thanks for mho

[mysteriousNicholas]

You're welcome 😁

[OneViewpoint]

I think 30 years is about the right time horizon for a shift to electric and away from gas and diesel. Technology and infrastructure simply aren't there yet and those things take time.

[mysteriousNicholas]

Who knows I'll be almost you're age 59 or less in 30 years lol 😆 or so lol

[mysteriousNicholas]

I'm hopeful not much changes in another 30 years 😉😛 if I'm still working towards retirement

[slatyb]

I doubt it. As the number of gasoline powered cars decreases, service stations will start closing, and at some point it will be easier to recharge a car than to refuel one.

[mysteriousNicholas]

@slatyb I do worry about batteries in EV or hybrid cars during car accidents, running over rocks in the roads or the way the batteries are so easily damaged or I fear overheating as a paranoid person hearing all those e-scooters and e-bikes being overcharged forgetfully. Or again, a faulty crack in a battery from standard rocks on. A pebbles on a road damage, and cracked battery fears of being zapped ⚡⚡🔩

[mysteriousNicholas]

@slatyb I used to be an EV fan, not until the last 5 or 7 years or so at the the end of the 2010s. At the turn of the 2020s, I'm a gasoline man (no diesel) or a hydrogen fan man if hydrogen ever takes popularity for vehicles someday , however all fuel types sadly including. Electric have cons aka flammable , fragile

[mysteriousNicholas]

Aka all fuel types can be bad, even ones that aren't fossil fuel, you know, safety wise I fear lol 😆 paranoia often aka electric zap fears, fuel flame fears, hydrogen fire fears, etc

[mysteriousNicholas]

Or ruptures in a typical car crash - sigh.

[mysteriousNicholas]

Same goes for a battery in a car crash, I mean, somehow that to my mind presents as hazard as the spare wheel in the well being squished in a car accident - scary 😮😰

[slatyb]

Yeah, and gasoline powered cars were deathtraps for decades, but they are far safer now. We walk away from collisions that were fatal in the 1960's. EVs will continue improving.

[mysteriousNicholas]

I'll disagree 😞

[Anonymous]

Who knows, it's a mystery. In 30 years, maybe all the cars would run on electricity.

[mysteriousNicholas]

Or the further irony 👀 30 years, hardly much has changed 😁😅 and there's still gasoline supremacy - that would. be the irony of that distant 30 year future - lol it's like Stewie in Family Guy and he's like "what, the future, it all looks the same" in the great adventure episode old episode 2000s

[mysteriousNicholas]

And older Stew / Stu says "it's only been 30 years" lol 😆 Quahog what a city 🌆🏙️

[mysteriousNicholas]

That anonymous would be an ironic future - 30 years now from 2025 - and it's like comparing year 2000 to 2025 - "it's as if not that much has changed" 👀😁😅 aka "there's still devices called computers, or there's still an internet" it's like little aspects versus big aspects

[Opinion Owner]

LOL, Stewie is hilarious :D

[DrPepper12]

No. Most will be hybrids or fully electric.