Re:Electric cars grab 44% market share in Norway in January
by gambiting on Monday February 03, 2020 @04:50PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but none of these are actually banning petrol/diesel car sales at all. A hybrid/plug-in hybrid cars are exempt - so pretty much every manufacturer has a "mild-hybrid" version of every model, with something like a tiny 1kW battery to help with the initial movement, and that's enough to get around this ban. No?
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Re:Electric cars grab 44% market share in Norway in January
by toomuchtodo on Monday February 03, 2020 @04:54PM
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True! But it's likely you see these sorts of hybrids phased out, similar to how Chevy killed the Volt in favor of full battery electric vehicles. The ban can change to be more onerous at any time, and manufacturing capex decisions are decided on decade timelines. It would be a shame if you attempted such a compliance hack only to have your manufacturing line lifetime profitability nuked with the stroke of a legislative pen.