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Solid state batteries, hopefully soon we will have electric breaks. I hear it’s a challenge, which is why it hasn’t happened yet. But my ignorant self feels that a well shielded wire will hold up better to wear and tear than a pressurised hydraulic hose. Radiators are still a thing, but smaller. Maybe they’ll come up with a pure air-cooled system, or use a heat pump and dump the heat either in the cabin or off the battery/motor.
I think it’s possible to eventually get rid of all the fluids except for the housing/lube around moving parts like the u-joint. But then again maybe those in-wheel electric motors don’t need u-joints?
I’d also like the electrical and a/c to run off the main battery not the 12v car battery left over from ice.
Power Steering fluid is phasing out too. I’m hoping EVs eventually get rid of as many fluids as possible.
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Solid state batteries, hopefully soon we will have electric breaks. I hear it’s a challenge, which is why it hasn’t happened yet. But my ignorant self feels that a well shielded wire will hold up better to wear and tear than a pressurised hydraulic hose. Radiators are still a thing, but smaller. Maybe they’ll come up with a pure air-cooled system, or use a heat pump and dump the heat either in the cabin or off the battery/motor.
I think it’s possible to eventually get rid of all the fluids except for the housing/lube around moving parts like the u-joint. But then again maybe those in-wheel electric motors don’t need u-joints?
I’d also like the electrical and a/c to run off the main battery not the 12v car battery left over from ice.