If Germany Bans Internal Combustion Engines, It'll Change the Game
If Germany Bans Internal Combustion Engines, It'll Change the Game
By Andrew Silver
Posted 19 Oct 2016 | 20:00 GMT
A recently proposed ban on internal combustion engines could improve air quality and lower noise pollution and CO2 emissions in Germany.
We do not expect it will become a law within the next 12 months, writes Volker Quaschning, an energy researcher at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin, in Germany, in an email. However, the discussion is interesting
because it increases the pressure on the car industry.
Echoing similar proposals in Norway and other countries, the heads of 13 out of 16 of Germanys states voted two weeks ago to allow sales of only zero-emission cars starting in 2030. That would be no small matter, considering that Germanyhome of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagenhad 44 million registered cars in 2013.
The states alone are not able to put the ban into effect; only the German federal government can. But they have started a conversation, and researchers say there would be clear benefits.
First, Quaschning calculated that ...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/transportation/advanced-cars/if-germany-bans-internal-combustion-engines-itll-change-the-game
Interesting read.