How come both petrol and diesel cars still exist? Why hasn’t one “won” over the years?

Question

I’m thinking about similar situations e.g. the war of the currents with AC and DC or the format wars with various disc formats where one technology was deemed superior and “won” in the end, phasing the other one out. How come we still have two competing fuels that are so different?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

EV will win out. Soon you will have $20k-$25k EVs, and then you will have EVs with 500 mile range, then 1000 mile range. At that point, gas stations will slowly disappear, and gas cars will disappear faster because it’s hard to find places to refill. They’re safe at least til 2050 though.