SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compression ignition

Re:SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compr... by NickM on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:24PM (#14962161)

Perhaps, but I wonder if we won't see more countries go the way of Norway/France/Britain and ban gasoline cars altogether once electric vehicles become more competitive and mainstream....

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Re:SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compr... by petre on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:47AM (#14965624)

Sweeden and Norway, where battery performance is impaired by the colder climate. The next absurd thing would be Alaska announcing a ban of ICE vehicles after 2030.

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Re:SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compr... by varjag on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @03:10AM (#14966201)

I drive an EV in Norway for soon 4 years, there is no performance impact whatsoever. Sure you use salon heater way more, but battery capacity hardly budges.

Winters are pretty mild throughout more populated parts of Norway and Sweden.

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Re:SKYACTIV-X: first commercial gasoline engine to use compr... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:14PM (#14963423)

The less popular ICE vehicles are the less of an environmental problem they are and the less will there is to ban them.

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