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That's not even remotely true. Increasing emissions standards and economy standards means that ICE development continues apace. Nissan, for instance, recently p
by AmVess 6y ago
That's not even remotely true. Increasing emissions standards and economy standards means that ICE development continues apace. Nissan, for instance, recently put into production a variable compression engine, and all manufacturers are pairing ICE advances with electric for even larger gains.
Honda has a nicely sized sedan that gets 55 MPG city out of a drivetrain unit that is amply powerful.
Most of them produce small 4-cylinder engines that are as powerful as the V-6's that proceeded them, all while producing less emissions and offering greater fuel economy. Even Ford, Chevy, and RAM are putting gas 4-cylinder engines in their mid-size trucks are just as capable at 8-cylinder engines used to be just not very long ago.
Emissions and fuel economy standards will continue to tighten, which means that ICE development will continue for a long time.
- londons_explore 6y agoMost of those improvements are not really new technology, but instead technology from European cars (where gas taxes are high) just imported into the USA (where previously people didn't care about MPG much because gas is much cheaper).
- AmVess 6y agoIt is a global effort, and not one limited to the US. Besides, the biggest improvements in ICE fuel economy and power are from Japan, not Europe. Europe hitched its wagon to the diesel engine, and we all know how that turned out. Sure, turbochargers and hybrid tech aren't new in an of themselves, but that doesn't matter because there's still a lot of room for development left in them. Even just 5 years ago, the idea of getting a roomy, nicely configured sedan that gets 55MPG city was a silly notion. Now, Honda sells them all day for $24k USD.
- NullPrefix 6y ago>Even just 5 years ago, the idea of getting a roomy, nicely configured sedan that gets 55MPG city was a silly notion VW diesels from the 90s were doing 5 or 6 l/100km
- londons_explore 6y ago~= 50 MPG
- AmVess 6y agoThose were neither roomy nor nicely configured.
- rsynnott 6y ago> Europe hitched its wagon to the diesel engine, and we all know how that turned out. I think this is somewhat exaggerated; it never really went above half the new car market, and is obviously down a lot now.
- pkulak 6y agoAnything recently put into production has been in development for years. The decision to begin development probably happened before people were even lining up to pre-order the Model 3. This monster of mechanical complexity is brand new as of a couple days ago. What company is going to commit the next half decade to developing it while watching gasoline engines fade into the background? Especially after watching Nissan's new engine totally flop.
- grecy 6y agoHow many billions do you think will be poured into ICE R&D from 2020-2030? My guess is virtually none.