Existing car trends that are likely to become extinct soon

[1fast1]

Inspired by the other thread. Let's have your predictions.

 

My predictions would be:

 

1) Tear-out parking coupons. To be replaced by cashcard systems or SMS-based systems or some other new thing.

 

2) Paper road-tax discs. To be replaced by pure-electronic registration - if they can do it for OPC, why not for all cars?

 

3) Finally (this will take the longest, since they just spent money on implementing new EZ-link cashcard-based IUs and new gantries), removal of in-vehicle units and all ERP gantries, to be replaced by GPS-based road taxation.

Edited February 14, 2010 by Turboflat4

[Krado]

1) The trend of fitting extra LED light strips on the outside... please die quickly.

 

2) Hybrid cars. They are slow, expensive and NOT THAT economical at all.

 

3) A perfectly fine compact family sedan dressed up to look like some touring car

[Scoobydoo]

1) The trend of fitting extra LED light strips on the outside... please die quickly.

 

2) Hybrid cars. They are slow, expensive and NOT THAT economical at all.

 

3) A perfectly fine compact family sedan dressed up to look like some touring car

 

Erm, 1 and 3 won't die-off that quickly; in fact, they will probably grow.

 

 

[1fast1]

1) The trend of fitting extra LED light strips on the outside... please die quickly.

 

2) Hybrid cars. They are slow, expensive and NOT THAT economical at all.

 

3) A perfectly fine compact family sedan dressed up to look like some touring car

 

I agree with your second. The most viable "alternative" right now looks like hydrogen fuel cell.

[Krado]

I agree with your second. The most viable "alternative" right now looks like hydrogen fuel cell.

 

Well someone once said electric cars were the future. Look where they're now.

[Route]

chingay cars... hope it will die soon...

[1fast1]

Well someone once said electric cars were the future. Look where they're now.

 

The reason battery-driven electrics aren't going to cut it is because they are likely to impose a severe change in drivers' behaviour. The charge doesn't last enough miles for most drivers, and recharging is a many-hour affair.

 

Both these issues are solved even in the current H2 fuel cell prototypes (like the Honda FCX Clarity) - not only does a full tank of H2 last comparable miles to a conventional petrol car, it can be filled up the same way and takes about the same amount of time to 'gas and go'. And since it emits only water, it's even more environmentally friendly than any hybrid or CNG vehicle.

 

I predict that H2 vehicles are the future, once they get the issues ironed out. They certainly make more sense to me than hybrids/electrics and CNGs.

Edited February 14, 2010 by Turboflat4

[Detion]

H2 fuel cell cars are also not good... although it has good mileage, there are still some issue about H2.... Firstly, it is not present as H2 in the atmosphere and need electolysis to extract the H2 and it is not a efficient process and consume alot of energy... Is H2 that safe??? Furthermore, there is a new electric battery that is coming out soon... which allow a considerable amount of energy to be stored in the battery... Recharging is not the only way to get your battery filled... There can be a battery station where battery can be changed to a fully charged in a standardised process which will not take up much time...

[Krado]

Furthermore, there is a new electric battery that is coming out soon... which allow a considerable amount of energy to be stored in the battery... Recharging is not the only way to get your battery filled... There can be a battery station where battery can be changed to a fully charged in a standardised process which will not take up much time...

 

The reason why electric cars died is simple.

 

1) They take too long to charge (pump 1 tank of petrol 10 minutes, can an electric car do the same?)

2) They can't hold much electrical charge (and they take FOREVER to recharge)

3) Where does electricity come from? (That's right, power stations.)

[1fast1]

H2 fuel cell cars are also not good... although it has good mileage, there are still some issue about H2.... Firstly, it is not present as H2 in the atmosphere and need electolysis to extract the H2 and it is not a efficient process and consume alot of energy... Is H2 that safe??? Furthermore, there is a new electric battery that is coming out soon... which allow a considerable amount of energy to be stored in the battery... Recharging is not the only way to get your battery filled... There can be a battery station where battery can be changed to a fully charged in a standardised process which will not take up much time...

 

H2 can be derived from other processes, not just electrolysis of water, e.g. cracking of hydrocarbons. However, the other processes also produce greenhouse gases, and this is one of the issues that needs to be worked out.

 

Safety-wise, H2 has had a bad rep since the Hindenburg disaster, but let's give it a fair shot, we've improved greatly in engineering standards since then.

[Detion]

The reason why electric cars died is simple.

 

1) They take too long to charge (pump 1 tank of petrol 10 minutes, can an electric car do the same?)

 

Why not.. There is already a standard to change battery in car using modular system invented in Japan which takes less than 5 minutes... The flat battery will be replaced with a fully charge one... Petrol station in the future will become battery changing station..

 

2) They can't hold much electrical charge (and they take FOREVER to recharge)

 

There is a NEW kind of battery in the process of testing which can hold alot of electric charge... Laptops can last for days on it and its smaller than existing laptop battery... Handphone can last for weeks and if this battery is successfully

 

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1715...the-energy.html

 

http://www.technologyreview.com/biztech/18086/

 

3) Where does electricity come from? (That's right, power stations.)

 

Power stations are a more efficient way of generating electricity... Nuclear energy and in the future Fission Energy chould be used to generate electricity in this way

Edited February 15, 2010 by Detion

[Hermitage]

Nah, the real reason is the oil cartels are playing down the feasibility of electric cars! Heard of the Tesla? It's an electric sports car, JC tested it once on Top Gear, pretty phenomenal performance if I remember correctly. You can charge it from home using solar energy!

 

Fluctuating oil prices?? Who the f**k cares man, I use the power of the Sun to run!! Hahaha!!

[Juilian75]

1) The trend of fitting extra LED light strips on the outside... please die quickly.

 

2) Hybrid cars. They are slow, expensive and NOT THAT economical at all.

 

3) A perfectly fine compact family sedan dressed up to look like some touring car

 

 

1 & 2 probably not. It will most prop catch on.

 

Don't see anything wrong with the fitting of LED lights and stickers , it makes the car more visible thus easier to spot and safer, i guess. ha ha.

[Leepee]

Big fat tyres! Future fuel efficient cars will have thin tyres.

 

NA cars. Future will be all TC or SC cars. The trend is moving fast, the new hyundaj i45 also got turbo liaon

 

Big cc cars. USA is moving towards small cc turbo cars.

 

Toyota. It's a goner. USA wants it dead. The trouble will kill this jap co.

 

Manual cars. All will be auto in future.

 

 

 

 

[Lamebrain]

The LED lights are EU regulations. I reckon all conti cars will have them in the future. Maybe the asian cars will catch on.

[The_young_once]

1) The trend of fitting extra LED light strips on the outside... please die quickly.

 

2) Hybrid cars. They are slow, expensive and NOT THAT economical at all.

 

3) A perfectly fine compact family sedan dressed up to look like some touring car

 

your point 1, i absolutely hate those people aftermarket add on a strip of LED on their cars that don't already come with it original (like Audi), because, more often than not, the sticking not perfectly in-line, and the LED some brighter than others, even worse so when people replace their rear number plate lights with a strip of LED, it all looks ugly;

 

oh also those strips of LED on the door sills? wtf

[Benarsenal]

H2 fuel cell cars are also not good... although it has good mileage, there are still some issue about H2.... Firstly, it is not present as H2 in the atmosphere and need electolysis to extract the H2 and it is not a efficient process and consume alot of energy... Is H2 that safe??? Furthermore, there is a new electric battery that is coming out soon... which allow a considerable amount of energy to be stored in the battery... Recharging is not the only way to get your battery filled... There can be a battery station where battery can be changed to a fully charged in a standardised process which will not take up much time...

 

Making petrol from crude oil is not exactly an easy process also, but they still do it. It's all a matter of whether they want to do it or not.

[Bystander50]

Inspired by the other thread. Let's have your predictions.

 

My predictions would be:

 

1) Tear-out parking coupons. To be replaced by cashcard systems or SMS-based systems or some other new thing.

 

2) Paper road-tax discs. To be replaced by pure-electronic registration - if they can do it for OPC, why not for all cars?

 

3) Finally (this will take the longest, since they just spent money on implementing new EZ-link cashcard-based IUs and new gantries), removal of in-vehicle units and all ERP gantries, to be replaced by GPS-based road taxation.

 

Point 3 - they may have a design such that at the end of the day you still got to insert the cash card in the GPS-based IU. Deduct on the go. Our gov or LTA won't be so foolish to let us use first and collect later which would amount to loss of interest. The worst it can ever happen is they come out with a totally new IU tapped direct to the odometer to track your miliage. This is very possible since all new cars are using digital meters.

 

Edited February 24, 2010 by Bystander50