Overheard one of our customers talking to my boss about Ford halting production of combustion engines by or around 2030, and GM in 2035. They're going to switch to producing ONLY electric vehicles.
This was probably inevitable that they would try to do this but it makes me really angry. Electric vehicles are practically useless in northern states during winter, and probably 100% useless in Alaska almost year-round. Only combustion/gas powered engines are able to start in sub-zero temperatures. The car manufacturers know this. They don't care. They're most likely getting pushed by global elites and climate change idiots to force this on us.
Sorry for the MSM link, but this is basically what I heard: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/13/gm-ford-are-all-in-on-evs-heres-how-dealers-feel-about-it-.html
Also it's kind of old news from 2021 but this is the first I've heard of it. Most likely they're trying to keep it on the down-low so people don't start boycotting them, etc.
I guess we'll find out in 2030. But there has been a long history of companies in general saying they will stop doing 'X' but then continue to do it. Or promise to do 'Y' and do the opposite.
Companies care more about money than any social issues. If the sales/demand of gas engines remains high then they'll continue to make/sell them.
People have been and will continue to scream bloody murder about oceans rising, ozone increasing, acid rain, nuclear bad, running out of oil, etc.
Meanwhile, we just dig deeper for oil, we still use aerosols, acid rainstorms that melt your face and cause famine don't exist, and nuclear energy is probably the cleanest most reliable form of energy humans have discovered.
All that said , what is happening is the government has a noose around the neck of manufactuerers and a boot on the chair ready to kick. Constant mandates and regulations have strangled/stifled humanity from the start.