These cars were created to fill a niche created by artificially high priced gas. Now we are seeing the real levels of gas should be around 1.50/gal without gummit interference.
Yes, but now I think we are on the edge of "having your cake and eating it too" automotive technology.
Bigger cars and trucks that Americans like, but that also get acceptable mileage. I believe they will be gasoline or diesel powered, electric drive batteryless vehicles.
The vehicle will still have a regular car battery for starting purposes, but the propulsion battery packs will be replaced by banks of capacitors. The engine will be a small displacement turbo which can take the vehicle down the highway at 75 and load up the quick-charging caps.
The vehicles can be AWD, have true regenerative braking and the electric motors will replace automatic transmissions.
They can be simpler, and they should last a long time. (oh oh, well we can't have that)
My sources tell me 18 months before prices go back up,what do you hear?