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The ICE will not be "going obsolete." There's no real replacement and there won't be just because of the underlying physics. There are too may drawbacks with E
by ok123456 4y ago
The ICE will not be "going obsolete." There's no real replacement and there won't be just because of the underlying physics.
There are too may drawbacks with EVs that they'll never be for everyone and everywhere.
If your 150k mile car is a reliable brand (i.e., Honda or Toyota), you probably have another 150k miles on it.
- speedgoose 4y agoThey are already obsolete for most usages in Norway.
- za3faran 4y agoWhat percentage of cars on the road are EV in Norway?
- Symbiote 4y ago> according to Statistics Norway, in 2021 almost 6,000 million kilometres driven by passenger cars were powered by electricity. The total number of kilometres driven by passenger cars was 35,000 million, so EVs still account for less than 20%. (I just stuck your comment into Google.)
- bmicraft 4y agoThey probably meant obsolete when buying new
- speedgoose 4y agoIndeed. Though because of the resistances and fears to change, some people still buy hybrid PHEV cars. This year is also a bit special because of big supply chain issues and extremely high energy prices. Mostly because of the war. Some categories for some usages will stay on diesel for some time. If you need a pickup truck for work in the artic, you don't have any good electric option. But if you need to drive to school, to work, to the supermarket, and to the cabin once in a while, you would look a bit like an outlier if you buy a new (expensive) fossil car.
- ok123456 4y agoThis is a case of the government picking winners with tax incentives for adoption, and distorting the market. Tax credits don't change physics.