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© Thomson Reuters 2018.Toyota pursues petrol but sees electric potential in new technology
By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Chop Chop
Can Car Companies invent EV car charger that can charge full in less than 10 min in the near future?
The problem for EV is charging time and it's not convenient for owners. The hybrid will be a popular choice for consumers if the Car Companies stop petrol and diesel cars in the future.
In the future, the battery exchange service station will be replaced Service Station across the globe if petrol and diesel cars have disappeared from the earth? That time, I'll be gone. I'm die hard petrol head. I love petrol smell and I love petrol engine sound it likes music to my ears.
nandakandamanda
Britain and France announced they would ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040, but old cars will continue to run until 2050 or 2060 at least. China has jumped hybrids because they are too complicated, and gone straight for electric vehicles. The world’s electricity grid is nowhere near ready to make a total switchover, and I agree on the problems with charging electric vehicles.
Hybrids will be running for the next 50 years at least, smoothing the switchover period, but their engine size and emissions will shrink as their batteries and motors provide more power to the mix.
At the moment I am torn between getting a self-generating hybrid runaround (non plug-in) or an all-electric like the Nissan Leaf.