News broke this week that Disneyland’s Autopia attraction will retire some of its gasoline-powered engines next year, the things that power those noisy and smelly gas vehicles that have been around since the park first opened in 1955. Disney will begin testing electric prototypes, though it’s still unclear whether the ride will go all-electric anytime soon. But the news raises a few questions about Disneyland’s Tomorrowland. Specifically, what took so long? And does an electric car even qualify as “futurism” in the year 2026? Or 2027. Or 2028… When Disneyland first opened in 1955, Tomorrowland was meant to depict what life in the distant year 1986 would look like. Tomorrowland was the most rushed and least developed land in 1955 (others included Fantasyland, Main Street U.S.A., Frontierland, and Adventureland), but it did have a ride called Autopia, which allowed guests to drive on a highway of the future. Highways may not seem very futuristic to us in 2026, but it was a legitimate idea in 1955.…