UK wants to ban petrol/diesel cars by 2030

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  1. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    Does it mean Aston Martin will have to roll out electric car too?
     
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  7. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    When no petrol car in the UK, does it mean petrol will become antique?
     
  8. exchemist Valued Senior Member

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    Like antique brandy, you mean? I suppose so, eventually.

    But there will be petrol-engined vehicles long after 2030. That is the proposed date by which sales of new cars can no longer be solely powered by fossil fuels. So hybrids can be sold after that date, and of course the existing fossil fuel-powered cars already on the road can still run. We will still need some petrol stations for another decade at least after that date.
     
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  9. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    Mad Max will still be driving one.
     
  10. river

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    And maybe more efficient gasoline Engines . With power ( I love the sound of a powerful V8 Engine ( especically big blocks) , with Camshaft duration and lift , compression , exhaust ) .
     
  11. river

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    Yes

    But for the rich . Who could afford to have oil , refined to gasoline , it never ends , thank goodness.
     
  12. river

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    Electric cars have no sound , no rumble , no feel in the gear shift ; Electric cars just go , really quickly , I mean really quickly .
     
  13. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    That's the sound of killing the earth the you walk, breathe, eat and breed on. Addiction to toxins are killing us all.
     
  14. river

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    Understand your point .

    I realise that I'm from the last generation that Built Powerful Engines to go fast and quick . Its sad to see them go .
     
  15. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    So am I from the last generation, and I'm sad that I'll be gone before those killer machines are. (No, not just the ecology - the economy, too, and all those pedestrians and passengers, downtown neighbourhoods and local businesses, parks and playgrounds that became mere collateral damage to the cult of power and speed.
    Gasoline cars, like all gods that demand sacrifice, were always a bad idea. Marketing and mass entertainment brought millions to their altar.
     
  16. river

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    And the power of the oil industry . Many ideas , especially , electric , water ; were bought out by the oil industry . No ideas about the form of power to the cars motive force is really new .

    But for now I have a Mustang GT , and it goes , and I will enjoy it while I can !!!!!
     
  17. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    Happy hunting! (!!!!)
     
  18. sculptor Valued Senior Member

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    and, now a brief musical interlude
    but first some history
    in 1932 lincoln made a 448 cubic inch v12

    but wait, there's more


    and
    my minister drove one
    as a teenager, I thought that the best way to drive was with my right foot planted firmly on the floorboards
    one fine day, in my rear view mirror I saw a pale green rambler
    who was gaining on me
    so, I accelerated
    and he stayed with me
    I took the corners faster and outpaced him
    pulled into my driveway
    shortly followed by the rambler
    out stepped my minister
    I said: You drive fast"
    he replied: "so do you"
    I really liked that man of god.
     
  19. Saint Valued Senior Member

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    Will Formula 1 race with electric cars?
     
  20. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    If you believe that electric cars can't go fast, you're quite wrong. Try googling "Tesla drag race" for instance.
     

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