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Originally Posted by Moneyseeker
This is an interesting one and FWIW my take on it is that F1 will lose it's relevance if for no other reason that it's 'core' market will have died out - how old will many on the forum be 2040 for example? And there will be no young drivers or the interest in cars which just become transport solutions.
One report I have seen sees the phasing out of fossil fuels on sale by 2055/60 in the UK as most remaning ICE cars will be at least 15/20 years old by then (and probably punative taxes to drive them on the road),so there will be a limited market for it. It is thought that most car manufacturers will phase out ICE cars well before 2040 in the UK.
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There would, in effect, be no market by then except, possibly, at the lowest end.
But in any case with electric will almost certainly come autonomy and autonomy at scale would be so much more cost effective and deliverable if total.
Think how much lighter and less polluting to manufacture the travel pods could be if the autonomous aspect prevailed and there were no risks from vehicles outside the autonomous light pod system.
And then the always connected controls and ready cash flow of metered usage ....
The politicians will not have any desire to at all to defer such benefits under the guise of safety and security.