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[Sir Tigger KC]

... have announced today that all new models produced after 2019 will be either a hybrid or totally electric! 

Is this the beginning of the end of mainstream cars powered by the internal combustion engine as we know it? 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40505671

[Viral_Jim]

Ha!

I was just on my way over to post exactly this!

The short answer imho is yes, but it will be a very long, drawn-out end.

[STEMO]

Volvo didn't decide anything, Geely did.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Volvo didn't decide anything, Geely did.

So?   

[2boxerdogs]

Never hankered after a Volvo , even less so now.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Never hankered after a Volvo , even less so now.

Yep.....a milk is a milk float.

Volvo being Volvo will probably wrap their latest milk float in a far from pretty frock. I hardly think ugly milk floats is the way forward especially as electric cars have around since the dawn of time.

 

[STEMO]

Volvo didn't decide anything, Geely did.

So?   

So...the Chinese are really pushing this technology, partly because their country is choking under smog.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Volvo didn't decide anything, Geely did.

So?   

So...the Chinese are really pushing this technology, partly because their country is choking under smog.

Yes and it's a good thing IMO. 

I think I read somewhere that India plan to ban petrol/diesel cars by 2030 and go all electric.  How realistic that is in a country like India I don't know, but the ambition is good! 

[Nick W]

... have announced today that all new models produced after 2019 will be either a hybrid or totally

Now consider that Volvo's entire range is new and that they have always had long model lives. Volvo already have hybrids, so they're just talking themselves up for all of the fantasists

[Sir Tigger KC]

... have announced today that all new models produced after 2019 will be either a hybrid or totally

Now consider that Volvo's entire range is new and that they have always had long model lives. Volvo already have hybrids, so they're just talking themselves up for all of the fantasists

Cynic.     

[Nick W]

... have announced today that all new models produced after 2019 will be either a hybrid or totally

Now consider that Volvo's entire range is new and that they have always had long model lives. Volvo already have hybrids, so they're just talking themselves up for all of the fantasists

Cynic. 

It is cynical isn't it?


Or did you mean me?


In which case, thank you

[Bigron]

This imperitive to drive down CO2 emisions from cars overlooks the fact that globally over 99% of all CO2 emissions are created by us - we breathe!
Whom would you volunteer to stop creating that emission?
I won't say Dianne Abbot, I won't.....I won't........

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I will.  ..........plus Corbyn, McDonell, and many many others. 

[Viral_Jim]

This imperitive to drive down CO2 emisions from cars overlooks the fact that globally over 99% of all CO2 emissions are created by us - we breathe!
Whom would you volunteer to stop creating that emission?
I won't say Dianne Abbot, I won't.....I won't........

Ron.

I think you can stand easy with the cull Ron, it's a lot less than that, about 7% according to this article . The 99% is I think if you count everything related to us. I.e. Transport, the cows we breed for beef etc etc.

Whether it's a marketing stunt or not, it's a step in the right direction. Like it or not, the human population is only increasing and digging stuff up and burning it isn't a sustainable solution to personal transport.

In the same way we moved from horses to cars/trucks, clearly we'll move on from battery electric cars to some other model. However I think the next decade or three will see ICEs die off for mainstream transportation, then 20-30yrs later something else will surpass them. It's the way of things.

[Bigron]

Jimmy, I challenge your figures: but even if you are somewhere near right (you ain't!), cars, trains, planes and all the rest of the emitters contribute less than 1% of CO2 emissions - all the rest is political hype to make us feel guilty and cough up tax monies to assuage that guilt.
Additionally, we NEED CO2 for our greenery to live and trade it for oxygen.

The cull goes on.....

Ron.