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Originally Posted by stefcio007
True, I feel like the 10 speed transmission and small turbo boosted engines are really the last hurrah of the combustion engine.
What next? It probably won’t be worth developing anything after that, the range issue is becoming a non-issue. Once the charging obstacle gets solved, in terms of locations to charge and charging speed, that will be it.
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Have you seen what Mazda is doing with the SyActiv-X and beyond? It's like a merging of petrol and diesel engines. They do a 30% efficiency improvement with each generation. Their execs point out that they look at well to wheel emissions, and they argue these motors are cleaner than most electric.
There's future in ICE if we switch this way and use biofuels, including algal based.