KB58 wrote:
Completely agree, I'm not a drag racer (either) regardless of car type.
I started this thread as more of a 100-mile view of where homebuilt cars seem to headed, not so much whether electrics will take over. Speaking of EVs, I'd be willing to bet that - and as you note - people are much less comfortable working on EVs, making it less likely that they'll be used to propel homebuilt cars. It seems like this is is only going to accelerate the demise of homebuilts, since if an EV drivetrain isn't used, and gas drivetrains are unavailable/banned/etc, what's left?
I hear what you're saying, and I get it, but I wonder if our desire, our
need to build and create will just morph with the tech a bit, as opposed to ceasing altogether? I'm getting older, and I figure I've got another 2 or 3 builds left in me before I age out of being a builder, and I'm assuming that within those builds, say the next 15 years, that our hobby will embrace retrofitting EV power plants into our projects.. I'm scared to death of electricity, but at the same time I'm looking forward to learning about the bits that make up an EV and utilizing those bits to suite my whim.. A 60 year old vintage car with 2026 technology under the hood? Sign me up! I love the sounds and smells and mechanizations of my beloved ICE, but as someone who for whatever reason must build something, must create, isn't the EV stuff just another tool for us to use to express ourselves? I hope so..
There will likely be a day when society proactively makes owning and driving an ICE car cost prohibitive (sin tax/ tiered registration $$/ gross-polluter 'fees'/ whatever), and when we cross that bridge, I'd like to do it in a 'cool'/rare/special/vintage/unicorn vehicle, even if it is propelled by electric power
--ccrunner
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