Future Car Developments
Discussion
I'm sure we'll get some stupid answers to this but equally I'm hoping we might get some interesting thoughts and discussion.
Where do you think car development will have gone to by 2050?
What engines or fuel? Running Gear? Fancy electronic systems and other developments do you think we are likely to see in the next 50 years or so?
Try and keep it realistic, no bat mobiles, jet propelled cars or back to the future cars please.
Where do you think car development will have gone to by 2050?
What engines or fuel? Running Gear? Fancy electronic systems and other developments do you think we are likely to see in the next 50 years or so?
Try and keep it realistic, no bat mobiles, jet propelled cars or back to the future cars please.
Edited by tyranical on Wednesday 29th December 14:16
sleep envy said:
personally I'd just be happy with more fuel efficiency and greater material engineering to make cars lighter
highly doubt the fuelling will be anything like it is now.though I don't actually think there will be that many changes. regulations will no doubt become much much more stringent on cars, given the recent development of electric/hydrogen/solar etc cars, one of these will be pushed by the gvmt and made to be soo much cheaper than the old school alternatives.
i'd actually expect to see in the next 10 years a trend towards much smaller cars. next 40 years though, things will change so much when we look back i doubt there will be much point in guessing it.
the world will have changed a lot by then, most likely a civilisation will have fallen, be it the chinese, yanks or another; other problems will have arisen, maybe the focus will move away from fossil fuels are more and more deposits are found, and towards air quality, water, cetrain material production (quite likely they will find something is toxic, lets hope its not plastics!)
I think we'll see more of the "personal transport vehicles" like the one Top gear showed a few years ago, it only sits one but is used for getting around cities something like this>>
then we'll keep our bigger cars for longer journey's.
Public transport may have improved greatly by 2050 (but i doubt it
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then we'll keep our bigger cars for longer journey's.
Public transport may have improved greatly by 2050 (but i doubt it
).farrendahl said:
tyranical said:
Try and keep it realistic, no bat mobiles, jet propelled cars or back to the future cars please.
Is the idea of Jet propulsion really that far fetched? However to the subject at hand, more use of light weight composits to aid in fuel effeciancy etc etc
Jet propulsion isn't suitable for small power imo, its designed for high power hence land speed record cars/planes etc all of which need alot of power and your never going to see cars capable of doing land speed record times as normal cars on our road.
tyranical said:
farrendahl said:
tyranical said:
Try and keep it realistic, no bat mobiles, jet propelled cars or back to the future cars please.
Is the idea of Jet propulsion really that far fetched? However to the subject at hand, more use of light weight composits to aid in fuel effeciancy etc etc
Jet propulsion isn't suitable for small power imo, its designed for high power hence land speed record cars/planes etc all of which need alot of power and your never going to see cars capable of doing land speed record times as normal cars on our road.
can't remember!.I know the americans also had ideas to have nuclear powered cars
.Edited by ZOLLAR on Wednesday 29th December 14:55
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