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0 pointsgambiting7y ago0 comments

As I explained elsewhere - hybrids are exempt. And all current manufacturers can make all of their models into some extremely mild hybrids just to get around the ban. So expect to see a lot of models with 1bhp electric motors just to classify as hybrids coming out soon. And cars made before the ban will obviously be still allowed, so there's no issues there.

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mattlondon7y ago

People still need to buy the cars. Just like Dieselgate has killed diesel, people will vote with their wallets if manufacturers start trying to pull the wool over customers' eyes.

Also obviously a 1bhp hybrid would get awful fuel economy figures compared to a real hybrid. If you are a manufacturer and you go to all that bother to build a hybrid, why bother doing a 1bhp motor instead of a 30bhp motor? Whats the point? Just to "get around" the law? Why not just put a proper motor in and make a better, more competitive product? I doubt the cost of a 1bhp motor is much less than a 30bhp in the grand scheme of things needed to build a hybrid car (e.g. batteries)

wanderr7y ago

floatrock previously pointed out that your statement about hybrids being exempt does not appear to be true:

"“In just 12 years, we will prohibit the sale of new diesel and petrol cars. And in 17 years, every new car in Denmark must be an electric car or other forms of zero-emissions car,” Rasmussen said, implying that hybrids will be phased out in 2035."

gambitingOP7y ago

Uhmmmm....it does the exact opposite - it proves what I said. The law coming in 12 years will have an exemption for hybrids. The hybrid ban will come later(if ever)

vegardx7y ago

I doubt it. This is already a solved problem. We have emission standards that makes those designs more or less pointless.

anticensor7y ago

Yes, by the time Euro 7 is out, no one will make highway-rated petrol engines that small.

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