Kina inför nu elbilskvoter, men kan tänka sig gå ännu längre och förbjuda annat än elbilar helt och hållet.
Vilket skulle få mycket stora konsekvenser, eftersom det är överlägset världens största bilmarknad.
"China is considering deadline to go all-electric – a death sentence for the internal combustion engine"
"While some of those efforts could have a significant impact, none would be greater than if the largest car market in the world, China, would do the same.
Now the Chinese government is also reportedly considering a deadline to go all-electric, which would virtually be the end of the internal combustion engine.
Bloomberg reported that a high-ranking government official confirmed that they are working on the timetable for such a deadline:
“Xin Guobin, the vice minister of industry and information technology, said the government is working with other regulators on a timetable to end production and sales. The move will have a profound impact on the environment and growth of China’s auto industry, Xin said at an auto forum in Tianjin on Saturday.”
"It’s a direct result of the country’s ZEV mandate, which requires automakers to have zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) represent 8% of new car sales as soon as 2018 and quickly ramp up to 12% by 2020.
The new effort would set the timetable to bring that 12% EV market share to 100%. Depending on when that deadline is set, it should have a much greater impact."
https://electrek.co/2017/09/10/china-de ... n-engines/Det är svårt att överskatta hur viktigt detta är, VW har ca 40% av sin försäljning i Kina.