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Interesting where the next evolution in automotive technology is going to go...

Will Hybrid's ever dig their heels into the market and make solid sales?
Is there 'really' potential for a mass produced battery powered vehicle in the future?
Is there 'really' potential for a mass produced air/water powered engines in the future?

The thing with technology is - anything is possible.

10 years ago if you had have explained the concept of an i-pad and wifi - it would have sounded like something from a sci/fi film...

20 years ago if you had have explained the concept of a hybrid car that shares both petrol and battery power - again it would have been met with blank looks

30 years ago if you had have explained that you were going to be able to sit in your loungeroom and play a simulated war game with people all around the world for hours on end (read: COD3) they would have said it will never happen...

I could go on and on...

SO - will these cars ever come to be? Maybe. If there is money to be made in manufacturing them, and perceived savings for a buyer - particularly in the long term - then maybe they will work...

Will it happen overnight? No... But it may just happen...

The old petrol powered carby/pushrod engines of yesteryear will still exist, but each year more will succumb to the scrapheap/garage...

Why can't us 'oldies' embrace progress like the youngsters do?
Is it because we are too skeptical? Is it because we're nostalgic?
Or is it because if it ain't broke - don't fix it??

Who knows what the answer is? But watching it unfold will be very interesting...

OK - I'm done...