Car Aficionado Jay Leno Shares His Thoughts On The Future Of The Automobile

Legendary host, comedian and car aficionado Jay Leno recently made an appearance in an interview with USA Today. During his short segment with the publication, the iconic comedian expressed his thoughts about electric cars, their history, and what he believes is the likely end of the internal combustion engine.

Leno notes that he loves vehicles of all shapes and sizes, from iconic supercars like the McLaren F1 (amusingly the same supercar that Tesla CEO Elon Musk totaled in his younger days), the Lamborghini Miura, and the Bentley Speed Six. While Leno’s collection of classic cars are noteworthy, the host admits that he also has an affinity for modern vehicles, particularly one that has disrupted the auto industry with its all-electric construction: the Tesla Model S.

With the transportation sector’s shift to electric vehicles underway, Leno believes that the end of the internal combustion engine could very well be at hand. “I have a Tesla Model S. That’s the future. I predict a child born today, most likely by the time they’re 18, may not have ever ridden in an internal combustion car. I think electric will be the future,” he said.

Truthy - 3/29/2019 1:22:25 PM

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A child born today will likely ride in an ICE on his/her way home from the hospital. And in 16 years when that child lears to drive it will likely be in an ICE.

PUGPROUD - 3/29/2019 3:27:41 PM

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Jay is great and I don't doubt much of what he says particularly on choice being generational. If Jay were more like most people and he could only afford one or two cars (not 100+) and you asked him what they would be I'd wager that the first one he names would be ICE.

ricks0me - 3/29/2019 10:53:39 PM

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I like Jay and subscribe to his You Tube Channel. I disagree with Jay on this however.

SanJoseDriver - 3/30/2019 3:07:31 AM

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Jay Leno literally owns 286 cars, his opinion has quite a bit of weight. However, I think his comment is pretty optimistic. Perhaps in California that might be the case for a some babies born today but it will probably be 5 years before you can make a blanket statement like that.