@shane_3800 you‘re sounding a little like those buggy and buggy whip manufacturers of days gone by. Reality is we can know what is 10 years down the road and what societal change some ground braking discovery will result in...
Just remember, there were knowledgeable people that capped vehicle ownership within the USA at the thousands because of limitations in training chauffeurs
Then Ford developed the assembly line and mass manufacture
But in relation to battery technology, what‘s publicly available information today as compared to what’s in the lab makes it hard to forecast anything. Today’s tech is probably very limited in comparison with what may be available in just 10 years. We really have no idea of the secretive developement that is occuring which is why saying stuff won’t ever happen is rather myopic.
Heck, who would have imagined vertical landing rockets 10 years ago when rocket experts back then were questioning whether such was even possible
Musk proved them all wrong
Oh, and in terms of vehicle ownership, you do realise we are all at the mercy of manufacturers, their self interests and the market as a whole. Just like GM pulled the plug in manufacture within Australia, vehicle manufacturers will decide what’s best for them and governments can’t and won’t force vehicle manufacturer for build stuff for the plebs. So it’s not inconceivable that the private vehicles could exist only at upper end of society, the rest of us plebs can take a pod.... Such could be hurried along by registration and running costs being increased by governments for all vehicles to push their own agenda using “green environmental“ arguments to justify it all...
Its a brave new world