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Mike Brosnan (not verified)    February 10, 2012 - 7:15AM

"Sustainable Mobility" to use the car industry buzz word, is unfortunately in the control of the car manufacturers, who obviously have alliances with the major oil companies to ensure both industries benefit no matter what the solution is.
Think of it this way. Right now the hybrid car is the "bridge" that will eventually get the car industry to the point where "sustainable mobility" will be more of a reality...the absolute certainty is that oil will play little or no part in that reality, for the simple reason there will be none left.
Will it be EV's? The likelyhood is yes - the problem will be creating the power source to fuel the EV's.
The environmental aspect is a whole different ball game - city planners and transportation departments will most likely make decisions that will restrict the type of vehicle that can be used in their domains. Thus we may well see only short range EV's allowed to operate in some areas while allowing larger capacity and longer range transport operate elsewhere.

The car companies will need to "adapt" to this culture rather than "drive" it.
Then we will see the oil companies metamorphing into "energy" companies, to supply power for all the above.

Also, twenty years ago a mobile phone had a battery pack as big as a briefcase yet the benefits of this "commsmobility" were so huge the industries moved rapidly to bring us to the era of the multi functional "in your hand" mobile comms devices we have to day. If the car industry does similar we are in for an interesting ride....

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