If enough jurisdictions enact a hard deadline ban, automakers will have no choice but to rapidly retool for EV only manufacturing. We’re right at the precipice of the inflection point. Pushing for these deadlines in a few more large markets will push us over the edge.
Obligatory ask: If this is important to you, contact your government representatives and demand a timetable for combustion vehicle phaseout in your jurisdiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehic...
Therefore a new, way more inneficient industry is required, which will become very efficient of course over time. Otherwise there would be no growth, measured in GDP. There is no profit in commodity unless you are a monopolist. Which the car industry given the large-scalre mergers of the past is increasingly becoming.
It’s going to be beautiful for the planet and humanity, but devastating to entrenched interests.
which state? this article is about europe as a whole?
>No taxes on EVs. Subsidies to the tune of 10000€. Per private purchase. There are certain types of lower end EV (like Renault Zoe) that can be purchased effectively for nearly free right now.
big if true, please point me towards this subsidy because I would like a free car
nitpick. there are two programs. "rabla plus", the 9300 euro one, applies regardless. you can receive an additional 1300 euros through the "rabla" program if you trade in a car (which will be discarded to the junk yard). this second subsidy applies to any new car purchase.
Diesel was getting phased out anyway, you can see that in the chart by the bump in gasoline vehicles.