Though many auto manufacturers and analysts claim that electric vehicles are the future of the car industry, they account for just 0.1% of global sales at present, with low fuel prices causing a slowdown. Is the EV dream fading, or is this just a blip in an inevitable electric revolution?

Electric cars have finally shaken the preconception that they’re slow and uncool, buffered by the rise of Formula E and models with a little sex appeal, like the Tesla Roadster. Elon Musk is now banking on the appeal of safety, with an electric SUV geared towards families.

Buying a car is arguably as daunting a task as finding love – it has to be the one. So it was only a matter of time before the power of a Tinder-like swipe interface was harnessed by a car-purchasing app. Wyper positions itself as the ultimate customer-oriented way of finding a new set of wheels.

Where once buying a car meant travelling to a dealership and speaking directly with forecourt dwellers, this is changing. It is estimated that at least 2,800 dealerships could disappear in the US alone by 2020. So in 2014, how exactly are people going about purchasing a new set of wheels?