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No need to be new. It doesn't even need to be an EV. Just a car that's more efficient. It can be used, and/or smaller than a SUV/pickup truck.
Or, there may be other options like public transit or cycling. Or maybe even moving to a place where a car is not really a necessity most of the time. Some cities have car sharing companies to bridge the gap and only use a car when necessary.
In some other countries, they have accelerated their transition to renewable energy.
https://asianinsiders.com/2026/03/31/asia-energy-transition-plans-oil-crisis/
Meanwhile other countries are just hoping for cheap gas, and some are even slowing down or are actively working against alternatives. Some presidents even go as far as pay more to cancel renewable energy contracts.
And I wasn't there but apparently there's been an oil crisis in 1970 that led to more efficient cars and reshaped the industry.
https://enginestories.com/history/oil-crisis-to-electric-revolution-how-fuel-shaped-car-design/
But I guess that no, of course there is simply no alternative to cheap gas.
This right here.
I bought a used 2014 Chevy Volt in March and have only filled my tank twice since, two weeks ago was the second time. Tank is still full.
It’s a great car and I’ve been laughing to myself for the last 6 months.
It's a solution that would work in the next 7 years. Unfortunately I live in the American market where the automakers can't make an affordable car to save their life. I've been looking at the used EV market for a year (Hyundai Ioniq 5 or other non-tesla EV) but I just don't have a spare 20k rolling around in my pockets, nor a salary big enough to finance one. I do take public transportation when I can, but it just doesn't go by my workplace
Unfortunately if nothing slowly starts to change, it's gonna the same thing in several years. Other countries and region will have transitioned and liberated themselves of that dependency while others will still rely, depend, and hope cheap gas.
If someone is a smoker, it's still better to encourage them to try to stop continuously or multiple times, even if not successful, rather than hoping the person will just stop in the future.