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Old 30-01-2021, 04:41 AM   #10
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Default Re: General Motors to eliminate gasoline and diesel light-duty cars and SUVs by 2035

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Originally Posted by xb74_black View Post
Good move for GM and may stave off another bankruptcy. The EV tipping point (for cars) cant be more than a decade away. There will probably always be a need for diesel engined construction equipment, but for vehicles using roads and highways, EV looks like the future (unless hydrogen makes a stunning leap forward).
Supposedly batteries will have 4x energy density in the next decade or so. That would give us about 2,500km range in between charge with the same volume and weight in a current Tesla. Even if they reduced it to 1,000kms to save weight and had faster charging, that would be plenty.
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