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Originally Posted by pasadena
What's driving EV sales is not simply gov mandates. It's sales.
Economics and market competition have made companies go all-in.
Everyone severely underestimated the consumer demand for PHEV's and EV's. They are all aggressively trying to fullfill that market void.
CA (and 15 other states are considering the same) new car sales - EV and PHEV by 2035
Used car sales will remain 'everything is for sale as always'. Petrol cars and truck will be around and kicking for a long time.
The EU has banned ice sales by 2035, UK by 2030
Every automaker has set goals of making at least half, if not all new car sales to be ev's by 2030.
GM stated they will be 100% ev sales by 2030 (uh-huh...)
VW's last ice platform will be in 2026. All ice development has basically stopped at VAG and they have a 50-70% global ev sales by 2030 goal.
Every automaker has similar benchmarks. This is a global shift. CA may be in line with Europe, but this is going to happen whether CA sets a goalpost or not.
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If the price of gasoline drops back down, there will be a lack of demand for EVS, unless they can address the cost, range, charging and other issues. People have short memories for this sort of thing.