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This is all moot. Battery technology and charging infrastructure for EVs will improve so much over the next 5 to 10 years that engines running on dinosaur juice will no longer be worth the hassle for mainstream vehicles.

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Downvoted, so I owe you an explanation. This comment didn't add to the conversation, it diverts away from it. And to the degree that it's a related topic, all you've done is to assert your own opinions, without any substance behind it.

So all companies related to gas technology should just close up shop? Something that may or may not work is on the horizon, so all the engineers that have been researching gas technology for years should throw in the towel and quit? There is no chance that electric overtakes gas in 5 years.

er, electric cars work fine. They just need to get cheaper and have longer range. That will happen easily in the next 5 to 10 years.

...But it hasn't happened in the last 100 years--it also hasn't happened over the last 5-10 years. The Nissan Leaf, for example, is over 5 years old.

There are good reasons why EVs haven't dominated yet--cost, range, flexibility, etc. Battery technology hasn't changed all that much either: http://www.cnet.com/news/why-batteries-arent-getting-better/

Someday EVs may dominate, but it's doubtful that will happen in the next 5-10 years unless there is a large technological leap.

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