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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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Germany's Bundesrat Calls for End of Internal Combustion Engine Powered Cars by 2030
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(Score: 1) by ewk on Friday October 14 2016, @09:41AM
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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