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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by ebbv on Saturday February 03, 2018 @03:15PM (#16299365)
The ICE has about 10 years of dominance left. Maybe less. EVs aren’t coming, they are here. And they’re just getting better and cheaper.
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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by lttlrck on Saturday February 03, 2018 @03:27PM (#16299444)
How many of the cars built today will still be on the road in 10 years? The average age of cars on the road today is 11 years.

https://www.consumerreports.org/car-repair-maintenance/make-...

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Re:Mazda hopes to achieve 56% thermal efficiency with gasoli... by ebbv on Saturday February 03, 2018 @05:39PM (#16300098)
Number of cars on the road is irrelevant to the issue at hand. The issue is what should Mazda focus on; its dominance of new car sales that is the relevant issue. And that’s where ICE vehicles have about 10 years or less until they are no longer the majority.

Yes it will definitely take longer than 10 years for them to lose a majority on the roads.

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