The death knell for petrol engines
Discussion
So Michael Gove has announced that sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040.
Presumably won't be that far after that that someone bans existing cars from the road too
End of an era
One thing that irritates me in all of this is that the government seems to be making the natural assumption that electric is the only way forward (with all the problems attached to that in terms of electricity generation, producing batteries, infrastructure required for rapid recharging etc etc)
Presumably won't be that far after that that someone bans existing cars from the road too
End of an era
One thing that irritates me in all of this is that the government seems to be making the natural assumption that electric is the only way forward (with all the problems attached to that in terms of electricity generation, producing batteries, infrastructure required for rapid recharging etc etc)
Well said Simon and agree that for mainstream use we probably wouldn't be buying petrol cars anyway in 2040.
My main concern though is that it's a small step then to town/cities banning them altogether
I was planning my dotage driving my AMR Roadster around Europe. Now I'm wondering just how easy that's going to be.
My main concern though is that it's a small step then to town/cities banning them altogether
I was planning my dotage driving my AMR Roadster around Europe. Now I'm wondering just how easy that's going to be.
AdamV12V said:
The answer for the battery / range / charging problem is wireless charging tech with ID recognition (for payment) built it.
Install charging lines / loops along the motorways and all A roads and then you only need to swap to battery power when you venture off piste. Effectively hardly anybody would need to charge a car at home or a remote station ever again!
Just needs a few billion £ to get the idea off the ground!
A giant Scalextrix set you mean? Install charging lines / loops along the motorways and all A roads and then you only need to swap to battery power when you venture off piste. Effectively hardly anybody would need to charge a car at home or a remote station ever again!
Just needs a few billion £ to get the idea off the ground!
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