The Automakers: Where do they go from here? | Green Energy News: "The Detroit Three have already started to redesign and retool with efficiency in mind. But will they be dumping the big SUV’s and squeezing people into small cars? Not likely. Will they walk away from gasoline altogether is favor of electricity? Not in this time frame. What will they do? There’s no way to say exactly, but looking at trends in automotive technology one can make some educated guesses. Here are some in no particular order of importance:
1) Offer more diesels. Outside the U.S. diesels are very popular.
2) One world market for cars
3) Light-Weight
4) continuously variable transmissions (CVT)
5) More gears for manual shift - expect 6 speed transmissions to become the norm
6) Some electric cars and plug-in hybrids
7) More conventional hybrids
8) Flex fuel vehicles
Eventually the roads will be totally filled with something entirely different, but not by 2016."
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