Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
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Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#2"The switch is taking place because costly after-treatment systems will be needed to make diesels comply with tougher emissions regulations."
Government controlling the economy via regulations
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#3Seems like Musk is starting to succeed in his plan in forcing the car makers to go electric
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#4Almost 3 years ago the CEO (Håkan Samuelsson) said that he did not believe in pure elecric cars but rather hybrids[1]. Will be interesting to see if that still holds or if he has changed his beliefs.
[1] http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/rena-elbilar-tror-vi-inte-pa/ (translated, https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=...)
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#5Almost 3 years ago the CEO (Håkan Samuelsson) said that he did not believe in pure elecric cars but rather hybrids[1]. Will be interesting to see if that still holds or if he has changed his beliefs. [1] http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/rena-elbilar-tror-vi-inte-pa/ (translated, https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=... )
He does not want to go 100% electric, but 100% hybrid AND electric.
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#6Can we please standardize charging stations to not require a person to manually establish a connection? It seems that it would pose such an awkward and unnecessary hurdle. Especially in the coming age of self driving cars.
Every time you arrive or leave you have to remember to (dis-)connect the charger. Why not just have some kind of inductive energy transfer or I dunno... something.
Edit1: Heh, this could work I guess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI - seems it could be too expensive for mass-usage though.
Edit2: This is more what I had in mind: https://www.pluglesspower.com/
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#7Almost 3 years ago the CEO (Håkan Samuelsson) said that he did not believe in pure elecric cars but rather hybrids[1]. Will be interesting to see if that still holds or if he has changed his beliefs. [1] http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/rena-elbilar-tror-vi-inte-pa/ (translated, https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=... )
3 years ago was also before the diesel gate.
Here in Europe, we moved from Diesel is king to the specialist press running article on why you can still consider buying a Diesel car in 2017 in some condition. That triggered countries like Germany to announce plan to ban gas car sales in a decade.
Regardless what Volvo CEO thought 3 years ago, the market has shifted in a clear direction and it is his job to adapt.
In a similar fashion Porsche CEO said he did not believe in automated car. You don't buy a 150K Porsche sport car to let it drive itself. That's probably true, but I expect him to change his mind less than a second after it is clear that some countries will forbid non-automated car to access some public road in the near future.
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#8Almost 3 years ago the CEO (Håkan Samuelsson) said that he did not believe in pure elecric cars but rather hybrids[1]. Will be interesting to see if that still holds or if he has changed his beliefs. [1] http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/rena-elbilar-tror-vi-inte-pa/ (translated, https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=... )
3 years ago was also before the diesel gate. Here in Europe, we moved from Diesel is king to the specialist press running article on why you can still consider buying a Diesel car in 2017 in some condition. That triggered countries like Germany to announce plan to ban gas car sales in a decade. Regardless what Volvo CEO thought 3 years ago, the market has shifted in a clear direction and it is his job to adapt. In a…
I wonder how Porsche and the alike will adapt to that situation. Sure it will take some years before someone will start pushing it...
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#9Can we please standardize charging stations to not require a person to manually establish a connection? It seems that it would pose such an awkward and unnecessary hurdle. Especially in the coming age of self driving cars. Every time you arrive or leave you have to remember to (dis-)connect the charger. Why not just have some kind of inductive energy transfer or I dunno... something. Edit1: Heh, this could work I gue…
they had battery swapping stations, it would mean a "charge" in under a minute. but it needs a much greater infrastructure.
Re: Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powered car'
#10Maybe this has something to do with the new Chinese owners? Maybe they see the future differently? And also, maybe, these owners have a somewhat privileged access to the largest battery production in the world?