Like what we had in mind the future that we are waiting for is expected to be fanciful where we no longer see traffic congestion on the road, cars are flying everywhere pedestrians just teleport accross the road. But the reality is we are not going to see that in the next ten years to come as the technology is not highly developed yet.There are some companies which develop vehicles for amphibian use such as Flying Car and Watercar. Yes, it is a breakthrough. No, we are not going to see many of those on the road yet. Lack of funds is one of the reasons companies fail to commercialize those vehicles. Secondly, owner actualy needs to obtain both air and driving license before they get their hand on the steering wheel.
Improvement in automotive can be seen in the creation of electric and hybrid cars. Cars still runs on wheels and it is going to take a while for cars to switch to different kind of propulsion technology. There are many suggestions of propulsion technology and one of it is the magnetic levitation where car just hover on the magnetic bed like those used on Maglev train. But it needs alot of R&D to build one that is able to move freely and R&D on high temperature superconductor.
In ten years time we expect z-e vehicle to populate 40% of road vehicle.
(Photo courtesy Moller International)
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