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I don't know about France but the plan in California is to end sales of new ICE cars. If you have an existing car you can keep using it.
by khuey 4y ago
I don't know about France but the plan in California is to end sales of new ICE cars. If you have an existing car you can keep using it.
- BitwiseFool 4y agoI wonder if this will end up being like the "Yank Tank" phenomenon in Cuba. If purchasing a replacement ICE automobile is out of the question, people will go to great lengths to keep the grandfathered ones in working condition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yank_tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yank_tank
- nradov 4y agoThe old Yank Tanks are simple and easy to service with some basic mechanical skill and tools. Spare parts can even be fabricated if necessary. But ICE vehicles built in the last couple decades have become exponentially more complex. They're more reliable, but also more fragile and harder to repair. This is particularly a problem for proprietary electronic parts such as control modules. Once replacement parts are no longer available from the manufacturer it will become impractical to keep those ICE cars running.
- wcfields 4y agoThey'll end of failing Smog checks and eventually be sold to Arizona and/or driven over into Mexico. In Baja cars with California plates and long expired registration tags aren't too uncommon.
- mr_mitm 4y agoRight. What the article says: California to ban the sale of new gasoline cars What people appear to be reading: California to ban the possession of all gasoline cars You'll still be able to keep your car and even buy used gasoline cars. Words mean things, don't ignore them.
- mrguyorama 4y agoHell, you'll even be allowed to go to the next state over and buy a gasoline car for the time being