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Quote from: hugeblack on February 17, 2023, 11:13:56 AM

Many governments are moving to push hard to reduce sales of diesel and petrol cars, the European Parliament has officially approved a law banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the EU from 2035

I don't know how things are going in your country regarding sales of fuel cars, both diesel and petrol. But how surprised you will be when you see that most people in my country are competing to buy cars with diesel fuel, especially among young people.

Quote from: hugeblack on February 17, 2023, 11:13:56 AM

Some reports indicate that the costs of running an electric car are actually lower than the costs of running a car with an internal combustion engine.
So, will this goal be achieved by the year 2035? Will the cars be more efficient and at a good price compared to current prices, or is it a policy that may take decades?

Electric cars are also not yet a solution to the pollution caused by diesel or petrol cars. Electric cars can also cause environmental pollution because the battery manufactur buking process uses nickel, lithium and cobalt. So far both models are still considering their impact on the environment, but when it comes to efficiency perhaps electric cars will be far superior. Electric cars are also sold are still quite expensive and in my opinion the costs will be much more economical than normal cars.

Virtually any manufacturing leaves a "non environmentally friendly footprint". Including batteries, which I agree with. But I would add - today's batteries. But here progress and the situation does not stand still, and today there is active work on the search for new materials with new properties for the development of new generation batteries with better characteristics, including those that do not use the above-mentioned chemical elements. The second nuance - it is difficult to compare the harm and threat from global warming caused by the huge amount of emissions from internal combustion engines with the harm from the extraction and use of these metals. It is necessary to understand one thing - we live at the beginning of the era of electric energy in the automotive industry. I am sure that in 5-10 years, if we come back to this topic here, we will be very interested in discussing the changes in this short period of time

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