When cars with gasoline and diesel engines are no longer registered
Until now, this was still a long way off, despite all the propaganda for electric cars, but now the times are beginning to change. The German Federal Council has announced that from 2030, only "clean" cars without combustion engines are to be newly registered. This is far from a done deal, but the switch is suddenly becoming a possible reality. And the year 2030 is just 14 years in the future, so hopefully we will all live to see it.
By then, petrol and diesel engines, Wankel and turbo engines, four and six-cylinder engines will finally be consigned to history and will no longer be suitable for new cars, according to the plan.
This will (hopefully) not change anything for us classic car owners. We can (hopefully) continue to drive our cars on the road.
However, something will change, because a few years after the ominous turning point of 2030, the stock on the road will consist almost exclusively of electric vehicles, it will perhaps take five or ten years, then the "combustion engines" will be the exception in traffic, just like electric cars are today. Dealers and service partners will have to adapt to this, mechatronics engineers will then be more electricians and electronics technicians than mechanics, and even a spark plug will seem rather exotic. It will soon be impossible to take the old car to the nearest garage in the event of a breakdown, because there will be a lack of know-how and spare parts for even the simplest interventions.
By the way, lest we forget, Tesla presented the Roadster in 2006 and it was available to buy from 2008. This means that youngtimer drivers will be able to add the electric sports car to their collection as early as 2028 and the first Teslas with an H license plate or veteran's pass will be on the road by 2038. The owners of these cars will then perhaps have an easier time with the garages of the 1930s and 1940s that specialized in electricity.
