Quote Originally Posted by SRT_BluByU View Post
people said that about horsepower in 1972.... and now we have the best cars ever.. someone will still make cool stuff. with the EUs blessing or not.. The real question I think will be at what cost.
I have zero doubt electric cars will, by 2035, be way cooler than they are now, with a lot of the drawbacks sorted out. I'm not arguing there won't be cool cars (at least, not for lack of ability. If they start going autonomous....). I'm saying there will be less and less cool dinosaur burners coming off the assembly line, year after year. But 2035, there will be almost zero.
There certainly won't be any in your face V10s dumping into side pipes in front 355 rear tires with 3 pedals.

It wouldn't surprise me if there were no pedals in a lot of cars by then.

The world in general will look very different in 12.5 years. Probably as different as 1998 looks to today, maybe more different. It doesn't seem that different, but it was an age without cell phones (or very few, and they just made calls) where beepers and pay phones were still prevalent. Music was carrier around in binders full of CDs- mp3 format was just invented and MTV played music. AOL was buying Netscape, all being on run on snazzy new Windows 98 with Y2k bug chatter picking up. In the automotive world, minivans still dominated SUVs in suburbia. The 345hp LS1 Corvette running low 13s and hitting 175mph stock (4spd auto option) just made headlines. Gas hovered around 60 cents a gallon and you could get an extra value meal (big mac, fries, drink) for under $5. That sounds like prices from grandpa's "I used to buy dinner for a nickel" archives.