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posted by martyb on Thursday October 13 2016, @12:42AM   Printer-friendly

In Germany, the Bundestrat, or Upper House, has passed a resolution to ban the internal combustion engine (ICE) [Note] powered car by 2030. It’s a nice gesture from a body that is pretty much powerless and composed of non-elected delegates (compare it to the Canadian Senate or British House of Lords), but it’s influential. The Dutch and Norwegian governments are making similar plans, and the EU could follow.

A graphic from the article shows Germany gets one-third of its electricity from renewables now. Will weaning its energy and transportation sectors off fossil fuels confer an economic advantage?

[Note: story is in German. --Ed.]


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:30PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday October 13 2016, @03:30PM (#413933) Journal

    That kind of road trip is by far the exception to the rule. Most people drive to commute, and do so 50mi/day or less.

    However, Teslas have the supercharger network for the road trips you're talking about, and you're probably going to stop along the way to eat or go to the bathroom and refuel anyway. The Tesla 30 minute recharge time is about right to cover those activities.

    I can't wait to do my next road trip in an EV. Quiet, blessed quiet, cruise control that's utterly precise and constant. Excellent acceleration to facilitate smooth merges. They drive so much better than ICEs.

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  • (Score: 1) by ewk on Friday October 14 2016, @09:41AM

    by ewk (5923) on Friday October 14 2016, @09:41AM (#414210)

    That 'kind of road trip' is about 50% of my distance covered yearly.

    So, in my use case (and frankly, that's the only really important one :-) ) it is not the exception.
    Commuting (25 km roundtrip) is generally done by e-bike or e-scooter/mo-ped (depending on weather & mood).
    And in Europe, where I live (sorry for any confusion by using miles & mph in the initial response), this supercharger network isn't really happening (yet).

    As for quietness: above 75 mph/120 kmh most of the nose is tire and wind related anyway. In an decent ICE (non-sports type :-) ) you do hardly notice the engine anymore.

    Don't get me wrong, eventually EV's will get where I want them :-) Then it is the time to switch.

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