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2030 model year is 11 actual years away. I am not sure what a typical "generation" of cars is these days, but even at 4 years per "generation" you are saying t
by patrickg_zill 9y ago
2030 model year is 11 actual years away.
I am not sure what a typical "generation" of cars is these days, but even at 4 years per "generation" you are saying that the 61% goal has to be met within 3 product revision cycles. Is that reasonable? I don't know, but it seems pretty difficult to meet as a requirement.
- orf 9y agoWell, better just not try then, staying competitive is just too damn hard, where is the easy option? Oh, I see, bribe politicians. Gotta keep giving those fat shareholder bonuses though.
- patrickg_zill 9y agoI think it's reasonable to ask if it can actually be achieved. Tooling and die costs, re-training of employees, mothballing of old plants, re-architecting of most of their car designs without sacrificing safety or fuel economy, plus the sheer amount of manufacturing of battery capacity you are asking to come online, are just a few of the costs and engineering issues that spring to mind. Remember, Canada was going to implement the Kyoto Protocol - up until they realized it would be a 10% hit to Canada's GDP. Then they "re-considered": http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-pulls-out-of-kyoto-protocol-1.999072 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-pulls-out-of-kyoto-pr...