The next future

I've been hearing about electric cars for years.  I have read of the experiments.  I have seen the tests of fully electric and hybrids.  I have been waiting... until now.  Now let the hoopla begin.  The fully electric car is practical, safe, and synced with your cell phone for convenient functionality.  Charge stations exist nearly everywhere.

Tesla S

I knew the time would arrive if I would just have the patience.  And do I like it because it is a new toy, a new gadget to play with?  Hardly!  It is the next stage in transportation because it is a gateway vehicle to another way to travel.  The kinks will be worked out on existing roadways.  But the fully electric idea makes the car run digitally - from a computer, from a cell phone, from the car itself.  A self-sufficient car controllable from remote means.

Nissan Leaf

This is the stuff of science fiction.  Well, not this car exactly.  But about the fourth generation from now, it will prompt advances in roadway construction, such as the totally drivable road without having people steer the car.  The road will have electronic signals built into blocks the road is built with and will communicate with the car's electronic signals.  It's really not science fiction because this type of road has already begun its experimental stage. And, it opens the way for engines in vehicles without wheels.  Usually people are thinking about backpack travel when they think of wheeless vehicle travel. But Tesla has already experimented with above ground movement using electro-magnetic propulsion.

Nissan Leaf

A car driven and controlled electronically and digitally is only one way the world is entering a very visual stage in its history.  And, of course, everything digital can have an associated file for transmission to a cloud storage source.  Call it Big Brother if you like, but it is a significant advancement in transportation for what it allows to happen next.  I'm almost due for my next car purchase.  It will almost certainly be an electric car.