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Never.  No interest. Hope my V8s and V6s are available as long as I can dr or.

Fifteen-years out internal combustion engines will not likely be available. It will be hydrogen or EV. I hope you live a long life. In 20-years if you like newer cars, you will live in antiquity and find it increasingly difficult to find fuel.  I suspect EV is a temporary bridge vehicle to hydrogen which will be more dominant 30-years out. 

I dare one of you to locate my post 30-years hence in 2051. I will probably never know.

Fifteen-years out internal combustion engines will not likely be available. It will be hydrogen or EV. I hope you live a long life. In 20-years if you like newer cars, you will live in antiquity and find it increasingly difficult to find fuel.  I suspect EV is a temporary bridge vehicle to hydrogen which will be more dominant 30-years out.

I dare one of you to locate my post 30-years hence in 2051. I will probably never know.

I don't know about those predictions. I see a lot of posts about how EV's are going to become the standard and drive gas and diesel out of the market. And maybe it makes sense when you live in a nice suburban area with plenty of amenities that are readily available. 

But some of us don't live in those areas and depend on vehicles that are much more disconnected from the power grid. While I personally don't have to drive on a daily basis, there are many in our area that do and EV's are not likely to be a viable alternative. 

Then you have to consider other non standard vehicles such as tractors and combines. These machines run for days at a time during the spring and fall. There is no stopping for a couple of hours to charge. They have a very small window to get crops in and out of the fields and don't have time to wait for a charge. For that reason alone, gasoline and diesel will be around for a while. 

Now will battery technology improve to allow for longer run times in the future? Most likely it will, but I have a hard time believing that it will get to the point that it will be a viable alternative in rural communities in the near future. 

I didn't know @Hawkinole was a dirty hippie? 

Saw an ETron a few weeks ago in white while walking the dog... Nice looking car. 

It seems most of us are "interested" but not ready for obvious reasons.  I suspect a younger crowd would be more interested.  Not that we aren't young fellers.

I think 1.5% of cars on the road are EVs in the US now.  In Norway, over half new cars are EVs.  It takes a while to replace the fleet of course.  I am beginning to see why the majors say they are going to EVs by 2035, or whenever.  If the price gets close, they will become mainstream.

And we will need a lot more electricity.

the truth

rural folks tend to drive fords, chevies, and dodges

California might ban the sale of new gassers in 20 years, but that's not going to happen in Nebraska and Iowa for a while longer