Combustion engines live longer ... or do they?
03/04/2023
We are following with astonishment the wrangling over the ban on combustion engines from 2035, which the EU actually thought was already in the bag. But now some countries, including Italy, have apparently pulled out and Germany's approval is also uncertain. The vote on the ban has therefore been postponed indefinitely.
However, anyone who is already hoping that our beloved four, six or eight-cylinder engines can be sold in new cars for a while longer has not reckoned with the car manufacturers. They would like to have planning certainty and are putting pressure on the political process.
This is what happens when you ban a technology. It would have been better to use limit values and incentives to ensure the right direction.
In any case, cars with combustion engines will most likely live much longer than their electric offspring. After all, there are still vehicles with petrol engines on our roads that are over a hundred years old. To be fair, a few Detroit Electrics have also survived, so other factors will probably decide which cars will still be on the road in 2123 or not.
We have already initiated a question of the week on a similar issue for the period up to 2053.
