I’m less optimistic of a technological fix for our current happy motoring paradign. The Big 3 in the USA are finished - they are just having the last waltz now.

EV vehicles will never scale up to our current ICE fleet has done. We just can’t scrap 800 million ICE vehicles.

Watch the effect that ‘credit crunch’ is having on new car sales - this will roll into EV vehicle development. It’s bleak.

There simply is not enough lithium used in teh batteries to allow for all the existing 800 million odd cars in teh world to be converted over to EV vehicles.

EV will be part of a solution - but doesn’t mean we will be able to drive like we currently do.

So only aprox 30% of the money we spend on fuel for our cars is actually used to move them? That is crazy!

Electric powered vehicles could very well be the future as they are so efficient and in some cases so quick, or maybe some other new technology. Time will tell.

Alternators cause drag - next time your engine is running, switch on your headlights and listen to the alternator drag down the engine speed.

You might get some energy back by fitting alternators, but it’s more likely that you would actually shorten your range due to mechanical losses.

Regenerative braking is the better option.