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Boffins blow hot and cold over li-ion battery that can cut leccy car recharging to '10 mins'

anthonyhegedus Silver badge

Re: Tinkering at the edges

I agree entirely. We are trying to solve the wrong problem. Cars didn't replace every aspect of how a horse worked. Transport of the future won't replace every aspect of how cars work either. Before cars, almost all transport was 'public' unless you had your own horse, and even then, how many people had their own horse and carriage?

Now, our whole economy is based on the principle of getting from A to B really fast, and we assume everyone has private transport. But it's changing. I go to the shops less, because I can order online, for example. The concept of private transport will become less relevant (but not disappear) by my reckoning.

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