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I'm a Tesla fan and love "electro-mods" - classics outfitted with battery packs - but this seems premature to me. There is 100 years of knowledge of these engin

• capableweb 5y ago
  A cursory glance at the article would reveal that they are not completely ending the development either, only development of new "engine families". > "At the moment, I do not expect a completely new engine family to be launched." Still, he wants to develop the engines currently in use and prepare them for new emissions standards such as Euro 7
• oblio 5y ago
  What did you think was going to happen, though? :-) If EVs become good enough, investing in ICE at previous levels is unsustainable. Plus we have a ton of cool tech that's barely used today (steam engines, for examples). That's why we have museums.
  • mbrodersen 5y ago
    Steam turbines are used everywhere today. Inside power plants, nuclear submarines etc. etc.
• Retric 5y ago
  They will still use ICE and do ICE R&D. “Further developments of the existing units” will continue.