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Reality check : it WON'T happen anytime soon.
IMO, it won't happen at all.
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IMHO it falls somewhere between inexorable and inevitable. Of course if humanity fails to shake off the parasites, it could go down with everything else. But I have faith in people.
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The traditional car shape has some serious advantages
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The shape is an aerodynamic consideration, but the real action is in parts count and suspension attachment points.
Here's a car with composite quarter eliptic springs integral to the chassis:
http://http://blog.2modern.com/2010/03/the-open-source-car.html