What fuel will your vehicle be using in 5 years....

[Midwest]

I am hoping for fuel cells or fusion, but probably not in five years time, I will have stick with a diesel, with exhaust condensing and recovery.

 

[Pete999]

When you think of the filth the rest of the world pumps out it does not give you much heart.

Especially the gas guzzlers of the USA.

 

[Octopus]

When you think of the filth the rest of the world pumps out it does not give you much heart.

If car ownership in China matched the USA , we would run out of petrol rather fast

 

[ruston]

China does it's share of polluting too.
We are just as guilty buying their cheaper overhead products.

 

[Pete999]

China does it's share of polluting too.
We are just as guilty buying their cheaper overhead products.

If you want to see pollution at it's worst, then take a holiday to what was the USSR, never in my life did I see so much pollution from personal motor cars to the state run central boiler installation, foul smelling smokes, etc.

 

[ruston]

I've seen the Straban lol. Say no more.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

In japan they are experimenting with a inductive charging system so that the vehicle charges as it goes around the rounds and parks, or is stopped at lights etc... you can charge the car fully at home and then when out and about the inductive system keeps it topped up. the video i saw showed a car being charged with a pad on the driveway..
so if it works well you could have a system where the roads have a network of inductive chargers built in and charge as you go...

 

[Midwest]

What about the Gasoline Pill Bloody Franch!

 

[telectrix]

put the electric cars on rails like tube trains. then all the bowler hat brigade can have their own personal transport.

 

[Pete999]

What about the Gasoline Pill Bloody Franch!

Or this

 

[Rpa07]

I'm sure I liked the same post yesterday - "back to the future again"!

 

[telectrix]

and........

 

[Dozer 73]

5 years the same as now , I went on a ups training course the other week apparently battery technology is coming on leaps and bounds ,with a lot of money being invested in making a super battery ( will it ever happen ????)
10-20 years who knows
If the electric car does take over there would be a massive change in the industry
Petrol stations ???
Garages , would these electric only cars be pretty maintaince free ???
But for now I love our petrol and diesel vehicles

 

[Dozer 73]

5 years the same as now , I went on a ups training course the other week apparently battery technology is coming on leaps and bounds ,with a lot of money being invested in making a super battery ( will it ever happen ????)
10-20 years who knows
If the electric car does take over there would be a massive change in the industry
Petrol stations ???
Garages , would these electric only cars be pretty maintaince free ???
But for now I love our petrol and diesel vehicles

 

[PEG]

The worlds concentration,will be on who has the water,food and oil (yes,it is not just for fuel) this will give little time or importance to issues such as animal cruelty,thus finally allowing me to place in to production,my guinea pigs-in-a wheel powered van,together with a 250GP powered generator,at home.

Brian May might well be cross...but he'll have to walk here,to tell me

 

[Rosco]

Chip fat?.... can't see my local chippy ever going away

 

[The Ghost]

Leg power probably.

 

[KEV 1 N]

As long as we still have the caravan, we will need a diesel car, although I'd prefer a petrol as diesels now are so complex with so many things to go wrong and short journeys don't do them any good.

 

[telectrix]

As long as we still have the caravan, we will need a diesel car, although I'd prefer a petrol as diesels now are so complex with so many things to go wrong and short journeys don't do them any good.

try telling that to my toyota hiace. just passed yet another MOT @ 189,000 miles. in the 2½ years i've had it, i've spent a total of £60 ( oil & filter ) .

 

[KEV 1 N]

What year is it? You've been lucky with that then, I bought a 2006 vw Passat 1.9tdi with 140k about 2 years ago. All the internet forums said go for 1.9tdi, will last till 300k, run forever....mine lasted about a month then went into limp mode with black smoke billowing out...egr valve clogged, turbo on its way out, injectors failing. Drove lovely when 1st seen it, Guess I was unlucky.