> they are not necessarily near future if you don't threaten companies and buyers with 2035 ICE cars ban This argument is irrelevant. Climate change is real. C

> they are not necessarily near future if you don't threaten companies and buyers with 2035 ICE cars ban This argument is irrelevant. Climate change is real. Combustion vehicle bans are to contribute towards mitigating climate change. Electric vehicles are an essential solution to decarbonizing transportation. EVs are now both cheaper to manufacture as well as to operate than combustion vehicles over their lifetime, without subsidies, and superior for the climate. Western manufacturers can either try to survive or die against Chinese manufacturing, those are the options, as nothing will stop China from continuing to ramp EV production and exports to the world. Peak combustion vehicle sales was 2017, the industry will only shrink in this regard. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electric-car-sales?tab=line&country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electric-car-sales?tab=li... https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales https://ourworldindata.org/electric-car-sales https://ember-energy.org/data/china-cleantech-exports-data-explorer/ https://ember-energy.org/data/china-cleantech-exports-data-e... Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017 - https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-peaked-in-2017 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-sales-of-com... - May 21st, 2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehicles#Places_with_planned_fossil-fuel_vehicle_restrictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_fossil_fuel_vehic...