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One of the reasons is government regulation. I'll talk about US regulation but similar situations exist in other countries. 1. US incentives and regulation res
by driverdan 4y ago
One of the reasons is government regulation. I'll talk about US regulation but similar situations exist in other countries.
1. US incentives and regulation result in car manufacturers having to shift production from hybrids to EVs.
2. In order to qualify as an EV a vehicle can't have a range extending ICE that provides more than a 50% range increase. There's also a very low limit to the size of the fuel tank.
These regulations have resulted in very few vehicles with ICE range extenders. Existing engines are easily capable of maxing out that regulation so there's no incentive to research other engines.
- DesiLurker 4y agoUS incentives aside, Nothing was stopping them from doing this for more expensive vehicles even if they didn't care about environment. I mean wouldn't you want to have a pickup truck with acceleration & torque of an EV with 2+1 motors powered by series hybrid and also have fuel economy of a 40mpg in city? I think its just institutional laziness & innovators dilemma. Even in last 5 years when it was clear Tesla is starting to rise they decided to sit on their hands and do nothing. Even till last year toyota has been singing BS about hydrogen cars and not enough lithium. they deserve whats coming to them.