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When economy becomes a priority, or an economic necessity, cars will change in ways they should have decades ago. I don't see personal transportation disappearing any time in the near future. The days of joy riding are rapidly coming to a close. Cruising around town has nearly disappeared in most places.
Technology needs to be encouraged in much the same way the govt approached the development of the atomic bomb in WW2. The new "Manhattan Project" will end up producing vehicles with all weather capabilities that can travel a mile on an ounce of fuel (128 MPG). Synthetics will appear as the cost of dino fuel continues to rise.
The technology to reach that goal is here today, be it batteries, ultra efficienct engines running on liquid fuel, or some combination of capacitive energy recovery and one or more of the alternatives, we will still be driving for another hundred years.
regards
mech
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