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Old 09-10-2021, 01:06 PM   #60
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One minor detail left out that wasn't around in past 18 years as you show above.

And that is that manufacturers did not announce any plans in past years to permanently stop making vehicles that produce emissions.

Seems to me a different ball-game if the manufacturers time-line to stop production completely matches the so-called non-binding time line of prominent states to end emissions.

Not quite the same as the past 18 years of violating a non-binding target.
I'm not so sure it'll end up that way. Even these executive orders are predicated on satisfactory resolution of the safety, technological feasibility, and cost-effectiveness hurdles.

Corporate plans are even more subject to change. I can't see GM or Ford choosing to go out of business if the hoped-for rates of replacement of ICE sales with EV sales ends up not happening. That's out of their hands for the same reasons.


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