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by bookmarkable 1908 days ago
I'm a Tesla fan and love "electro-mods" - classics outfitted with battery packs - but this seems premature to me. There is 100 years of knowledge of these engines and moving to battery tech does not require quitting ICE entirely.
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oblio 1908 days ago
What did you think was going to happen, though? :-)

If EVs become good enough, investing in ICE at previous levels is unsustainable.

Plus we have a ton of cool tech that's barely used today (steam engines, for examples). That's why we have museums.

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mbrodersen 1908 days ago
Steam turbines are used everywhere today. Inside power plants, nuclear submarines etc. etc.
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capableweb 1908 days ago
A cursory glance at the article would reveal that they are not completely ending the development either, only development of new "engine families".

> "At the moment, I do not expect a completely new engine family to be launched." Still, he wants to develop the engines currently in use and prepare them for new emissions standards such as Euro 7

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Retric 1908 days ago
They will still use ICE and do ICE R&D. “Further developments of the existing units” will continue.
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