The end of the automobile as we know and love it
07/28/2017
And now the British, the tradition-oriented nation in the north, a pioneer nation when it comes to the automobile. According to the latest decree, petrol and diesel cars will no longer be able to be sold in the UK from 2040. This is a ban on new cars, but the impact on the stock of used cars and historic vehicles cannot yet be estimated. It is also hard to imagine that many petrol vehicles can still be sold in 2038 or even 2035 if the end is looming anyway.
It is probably only a matter of time before Germany or Japan follow suit, not to mention smaller countries such as Switzerland or Luxembourg. The end of the petrol and diesel engine seems inevitable.
And what will new car buyers drive? How long will the range of an electric car be and how quickly can it be recharged? Or will we then be driving around in solar cars like the Sono Motors Sion, which manages an impressive (?) 30 km per day with its internal solar cells? And will our power plants even produce enough energy to make the complete switch to electric cars (and trucks?) by 2045/2050? We can assume that technology and its further development will provide answers to many questions. But we will only know for sure when the time comes.
And, importantly for us classic car enthusiasts, how will public opinion towards the "antediluvian" petrol-powered old-timers develop?
