China Considers Ending Sales of Gas and Diesel Vehicles

Expect us all who are in our 40's to 50's and younger to see a major change in the auto industry in our lifetime.

Course to quote the ZEV mandate which is helping to push forward the EV tech:

It’s a direct result of the country’s ZEV mandate, which requires automakers to have zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) represent 8% of new car sales as soon as 2018 and quickly ramp up to 12% by 2020.

Can't come soon enough IMHO.

So a country with utterly lax industrial emissions laws wants to switch to mass lithium ion battery production to curb vehicle emissions which are only a fraction of the pollution problem. Anyone see where I'm going with this? Chinese birth laws are going to get real awkward when kids have two heads and three arms.

12 minutes ago, cp-the-nerd said:

So a country with utterly lax industrial emissions laws wants to switch to mass lithium ion battery production to curb vehicle emissions which are only a fraction of the pollution problem. Anyone see where I'm going with this? Chinese birth laws are going to get real awkward when kids have two heads and three arms.

 or more productive for the assembly line.  

The clock is slowing ticking on mass production ICE cars, despite what some naysayers think. 

china will be america's saving grace, if only because their administrative clout allows them to force compliance from automakers or else, and american fleets will become electrified due to the economies of scale.

20 minutes ago, FAPTurbo said:

china will be america's saving grace, if only because their administrative clout allows them to force compliance from automakers or else, and american fleets will become electrified due to the economies of scale.

"china will be america's DOWNFALL..."  fixed it

China and Europe seem pretty set on this in the 2030-2040 timeframe.  If China says no gas cars, auto makers aren't going to spend money to develop new gas cars.  They will start just making EV's since China has the biggest market, and Europe has a huge market too.

I welcome the change, and I hope we gets lots of good EV's to pick from.  I would rather have an electric car that has instant torque and no pollution.

2 hours ago, ocnblu said:

"china will be america's DOWNFALL..."  fixed it

the only electric thing you'll be driving is a wheelchair when this happens so why care so hard?

3 hours ago, ocnblu said:

"china will be america's DOWNFALL..."  fixed it

Dammit, our wheelchairs will be gas powered.....

1 hour ago, smk4565 said:

China and Europe seem pretty set on this in the 2030-2040 timeframe.  If China says no gas cars, auto makers aren't going to spend money to develop new gas cars.  They will start just making EV's since China has the biggest market, and Europe has a huge market too.

I welcome the change, and I hope we gets lots of good EV's to pick from.  I would rather have an electric car that has instant torque and no pollution.

China is one of the few places it needs to happen. Anybody who has been there would tell us how bad it is. Europe will be tougher as like us, they want to hold on to the old school.

Not sure we will see that kind of push here, but as they drop in price and become more common-I think we will see a good mix of both.....

China need to cap their coal consumption and increase the use of non-fossil fuels. The country has 7.55 metric tons CO2 emissions.