UK bans gasoline and diesel engines by 2040

w00tw00t · 07-26-2017, 11:58 AM

What??? What does this mean ??

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/26/news...040/index.html

WhatsADSM · 07-26-2017, 12:04 PM

WOW, that's a pretty big piece of legislation. Britain is a reasonably large consumer of vehicles in the EU.

This will definitely quicken the focus of the major auto manufacturers to go fuel cell and/or electric. It will also likely have an impact in other markets as well since cars are designed to be quite global these days. Very interesting.

w00tw00t · 07-26-2017, 12:14 PM

Very depressing!

David70 · 07-26-2017, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by w00tw00t

What??? What does this mean ??

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/26/news...040/index.html

Anything that will take affect more than 20 years from now is meaningless. Get them to come up with legislation that requires the implementation and a timeline and you will hear crickets.

People feel good, industry makes little to no changes at this point.

20 years from now I will run a marathon one leg. See how easy it is?

Red Bread · 07-26-2017, 01:09 PM

Symbolic hyperbole. By 2040 they'll be lucky to have sorted out Brexit.

David70 · 07-26-2017, 01:24 PM

Anyone remember this? From 1990-91 -

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the California Air Resources Board (CARB) moved on a large environmental initiative, ruled that each of the U.S.'s seven largest carmakers—the largest of which was GM—would be required to make 2% of its fleet emission-free by 1998, 5% by 2001, and 10% by 2003, in accordance with consumer demand, in order to continue to sell cars in California.

Sounded good at the time, never came close. At the time some part of the general public flipped out. Still not at 5% 16 years after they proposed it should (in 2001)?

ShocknAwe · 07-26-2017, 01:36 PM

Administration will change hands how many times between now and then? 23 years. Might as well get out your crystal ball! OoooOoooOoo, I see dark times ahead, dark times indeed, GRAVE DANGER!

lol.

Efthreeoh · 07-26-2017, 09:38 PM

The U.S. EPA has outlawed shitting in toilets by 2040.

Fundguy1 · 07-26-2017, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by w00tw00t

Very depressing!

Ditto. Gives them 23 years to wake up.

NFiftyWon · 07-26-2017, 09:48 PM

By then i wouldnt be surprised if there is an alternative to electric

eluded · 07-27-2017, 02:33 AM

Brexit

dzvero · 07-27-2017, 09:26 PM

plausible

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WhatsADSM Lieutenant 228 Rep 538 Posts Drives: 2011 135i Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Milwaukee iTrader: (2)	WOW, that's a pretty big piece of legislation. Britain is a reasonably large consumer of vehicles in the EU. This will definitely quicken the focus of the major auto manufacturers to go fuel cell and/or electric. It will also likely have an impact in other markets as well since cars are designed to be quite global these days. Very interesting.
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