The difference between a gas vehicle and an electric vehicle is that with an electric vehicle you can change the energy source because you can generate electricity from multiple sources. You cannot create oil from sunlight, but you can create electricity from sunlight.
Gasoline engines will lose their value as gas prices rise and the oil supply dwindles. Inevitably, they will become useless. Electric engines will continue to be valuable, because you can just swap one energy source for another and keep the same car running.
The Volt has a gas generator which recharges the battery while your driving to keep the car running. I wonder how difficult it would be to switch that to an hydrogen generator, or other fuel source. I'll bet it's a lot easier than trying to get a gas engine to run on something other than gasoline.
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The difference between a gas vehicle and an electric vehicle is that with an electric vehicle you can change the energy source because you can generate electricity from multiple sources. You cannot create oil from sunlight, but you can create electricity from sunlight.
Gasoline engines will lose their value as gas prices rise and the oil supply dwindles. Inevitably, they will become useless. Electric engines will continue to be valuable, because you can just swap one energy source for another and keep the same car running.
The Volt has a gas generator which recharges the battery while your driving to keep the car running. I wonder how difficult it would be to switch that to an hydrogen generator, or other fuel source. I'll bet it's a lot easier than trying to get a gas engine to run on something other than gasoline.