In the year 2030 all cars will use their source of energy as electricity rather than fuel, do you agree or not

Answer 1

Most will. The way it looks now, I'd guess most individual transportation will b by electric cars. For some specific uses--heavy-duty work, I'dguess we will still use hydrocarbon fuels, because of their greater power and range. But these are more likely to be biofuels, not oil.

I noticed other answerwers don't seem to be aware that electric power technology is practical now, if you are talking about the kind of short range urban driving that comprises 70-80% of miles driven today. The idea that electric cars are somehow "not efficient" is a myth. The real challenge is developing the alternative energy technologies needed to produce the electricity in the first place.

Answer 2

I think a large percentage of cars will be electric vehicles by 2030, because it's the most efficient way we have to fuel them. Battery technology is already advanced enough to create excellent electric cars, such as the ZAP-X models. The cheaper of the 2 will be able to go up to 100 mph, 100 miles per charge, and recharge in 10 minutes, for $30,000. It will be available in 2008.

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In 20 years the technology will have advanced further and become more popular, which will drive costs down further. I still think there will be some gasoline powered cars and a good number of hybrids on the road in 2030, but electric vehicles will probably comprise the largest percentage of cars on the road by that year.

Answer 3

It doesn't seem likely.

So long as carbon-based fuels are cheaper, there will be some use for them in vehicles. Even the GM Volt uses gasoline to generate electricity by charging the batteries even though the gasoline does not run a propulsion engine.

Thus far I have not seen an accurate projection of what the plug-in electric car would require in terms of our power supply system. But even without the added demand of autos which are plugged into our power grid, the power grid has become unreliable and unable to meet non-automotive demand in many parts of the country without power outages. We will need more generating stations and more power distribution facilities in order to have nothing but electric automobiles.

That is probably technologically feasible, but it will be very costly.

Answer 4

The entire world has finally realized that there is a real problem with the availability of affordable energy.That said by the year 2030 we will probably come up with a solution that is the product of a vast amount of research into new technology. I think the solution will not resemble anything we are familiar with today.

Answer 5

It depends on the meaning. If you ment pure electricity, no. If the car is indirectly powered by electricity, yes. Hydrogen cars use electricity to split water along with alge. Also, some "Air Cars" use electricity to compress air. Cars will never be completely electric even when foossil fuels run out. There will always be Biodiesel or ethenol to help internal combustion engines last forever.

Answer 6

Today, electricity is not very efficient. Considering that it will take a while to phase out power plants that use fossil fuels, I don't see pure electricity being an immediate replacement for fossil fuels. Right now, the world should be focusing on efficient hybrid technologies to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that are used. Gas-Electric and Gas-Compressed Air hybrids are very promising for near future. Clean and efficient nuclear power should be developed. Wind, Solar, Hydro-Electric and Tidal power should all be invested into. Corn based fuels are not a viable alternative to gasoline. They still produce dirty emissions and it's very expensive and inefficient to be a practical means of energy. By 2030, I would expect to see nearly all vehicles model having hybrid engines of some sort.

Answer 7

No. We will be using several different sources of energy for cars in 2030 ... electricity, biodiesel, gasoline, hydrogen.

Answer 8

Considering the way that merely keeping gas mileage high over the last 30 years first progressed then regressed in the 90s, I don't see gasoline going away in the next 25 years. If prices stay as high as they are now (as I predict) even more gasoline will be made available from sources that are now hard to get to.

Answer 9

The question is not the technology.
there are already electric cars to meet all our personal transport needs -
0-60mph 4 secs 250miles per charge http://www.teslamotors.com,

or 5 seater pick-up truck, recharge in 10 minutes http://www.phoenixmotors.com

the only questions are
1: will people still want to drive noisy, smelly, unreliable clapped out technology, or will they challenge the big oil & car industry hedgemony?

2: will civilisation, based on cheap energy & personal transport, post-peak oil have totally collapsed?

Answer 10

Today's electric vehicles draw power from either battery packs or fuel cells.

Battery packs need recharging every few miles, and it takes several hours to fully recharge a battery pack.

Fuel cells on the other hand is very expensive.

If they could make batteries last longer and charge quicker, or make fuel cells afordable, the electric car might have a chance.