The real future of hot rodding - a '68 Mustang gone electric

[alfaitalia]

Younger people are open to electric, but it's still in its infancy.

First petrol car....1886

First electric car....1834. ....................So not that much in infancy. Imagine where they might be now with the same amount of R & D that's gone into gas cars over that time !

[Troy]

Younger people are open to electric, but it's still in its infancy.

First petrol car....1886

First electric car....1834. ....................So not that much in infancy. Imagine where they might be now with the same amount of R & D that's gone into gas cars over that time !

Well, the major difference is that combustion engine technology was feasible for many, many years when good battery technology just didn't exist. If you think about the evolution, fuel injection is what may have "saved" the combustion engine (well, then variable valves and all the new doodads we have today). Tesla started out with laptop batteries wired together so the advances in computers and demand for portable devices is really what makes electric cars a "thing" now. I'm not sure it could have been practical or profitable sooner (and technically it isn't profitable today). The electric motor technology has existed - the range was horrible without a power source. I think it is fascinating but also feel that things happen when the time is right. Not saying people shouldn't push boundaries - that's what will give us an even better alternative than we have now - but the overall advances in science will likely lead to an "accidental discovery" of something useful in a specialized area.

Troy

[INTMD8]

Really?.....you cant take horses on the road in the USA???

Yes you can. I drove through a mennonite town when picking up my 68 Charger.   Horse drawn carriages everywhere.  They even have brake lights! 

[alfaitalia]

...I had to look up "Mennonite"......never heard that word.