Future seems pretty predictable: we WILL drive electric and hybrid cars and WILL stay in line at street corners with a point in our hands to charge our little zero-emissions friend like a cell phone.

Big brands have lined up with this trend and have thrown into this cruel world various proppeling combinations with tiny batteries that can develop up to 600hp.Japanese keep up with the Joneses. What else did you expect from these technology-freaks? After Honda’s plans for V-8s and rear-wheel-drive vehicles had to be cancelled due to the crisis that started in the fall of 2008, CEO Takanobu Ito confirmed that the luxury brand will get hybrid variants. Not very many details have been given so far, but rumour has it that a hybrid version of the Acura TSX sedan is planned for the 2011 model year and two other hybrid models will follow soon after.

I come to think it seriously that Fred Flinstone’s car is the perfect solution for these disquieting times: it goes on zero emission engine, it is convertible, roomy and you work out your legs too, so you won’t complain about the lack of time to go to the gym. Take notes, carmakers! I might actually trademark this idea!