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Originally Posted by directfiesta
Maybe to you, but you know other people do exist .... and some don't need 400 miles autonomy ....
I myself rarely drive more then 50-60 miles .., and if I needed to, I could rent a car , a van or whatever for that occasion ...
As for batteries, technology would respond to the demand ...
I remember my first cell phone in 1988 , the phone was huge and heavy, the battery lasted about 12 hours on standby, 1-2 hours talk time ... Today, we know how it is .. So if a guy like you would have said at the time :
"I don't need a phone that can give me a few days of autonomy, I have a paget and I will use payphone when needed .. "
Amazing how right wing people are against progress....
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Not just that, but I believe the idea was that gas stations would offer "plugs" so people could recharge their batteries for a small fee on longer trips. Rest stops would have power stations. Basically society would shift to electricity.
As the market shifted, technology would advance faster as you said. We'd have batteries lasting longer, charging faster, and so on. Just looking at the advancement of batteries in laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices would be a sign of what we could expect in the car industry. They'd be constantly battling to build a car that could go farther, charge faster, etc. Great for consumers and technology.