The Future of Motoring is Electric By Rex Roy Futuristic
concepts have pointed toward electric vehicles for years.
Remember the GM's Sequel concept that used a fuel cell to power
wheel-mounted motors? Its mechanicals were all included in a
sleek skateboard chassis that could be fitted with virtually any
type of body. But economic times like these demand more
practical, tangible, and achievable ideas of what EV-motoring
might actually look like. At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show,
Chrysler, Toyota, Mercedes, and MINI showed what EV-motoring
looks like. And the future of driving is highly charged.
Sometime in the future—most likely several decades from now—the
vast majority of light cars and trucks in the US will feature
electric final drive systems. The motors used in these systems
will be powered by batteries, fuel cells, on-board generators,
and/or perhaps even the sun … but this open issue doesn't change
the inevitably of this reality. The following vehicles give us a
better look at the future. Chrysler has made