[In-It] There is no country for internal combustion locomotives

"Warning-Burning Gasoline, Diesel and Ethanol has major consequences on human health and on the environment including contributing to climate change."

"Warning-the use of gasoline, diesel, ethanol (biofuel) worsens health and causes environmental problems, including climate change."

The above phrase was written on a warning sticker affixed from January this year to a gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA where Harvard and MIT are located.

People who use cars for commuting or for many other purposes now see a sticker with this word on each time they stop at a gas station.

A quick notice would have noticed that the phrase imitated the warning text attached to the cigarette (smoking is unhealthy, so it imposes high taxes and supports smoking cessation treatment, but doing so immediately makes the smoking population ' It does not become '0 people').

However, if you encounter such a phrase at a gas station, you will feel steamed when you add oil, and there will certainly be people who are worried about electric vehicles.

This warning sticker not only has an alarming effect, but also contains the implications of sanctions on internal combustion locomotives in the future.

In fact, less than a month after the City of Cambridge decided to put warning stickers on gas stations, Massachusetts announced that it would push for a ban on the sale of internal combustion locomotives that use gasoline and diesel as fuel from 2035.

On October 15 last year, it was the second in the United States after California, which announced that it would ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives from 2035.

New York State is also discussing a ban on the sale of internal combustion locomotives with the goal of 2035.

It can be thought that this is not a big deal because it only bans the sale of three states that are unusual for the environment.

By the way, the top three states in the United States make up 20% of the United States in terms of population.

For internal combustion locomotive companies, 20% of the market will disappear within 15 years.

In addition, there is already a discussion in the US Congress that the ban on the sale of internal combustion locomotives should be expanded nationwide by 2035.

In 2025, when President Joe Biden, who took office on January 20 this year, will end his term, it is clear that the number of regions that have decided to ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives will increase from now.

It is possible that the entire United States will decide to ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives.

After several years of discussion, the UK decided to ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives from 2030.

The reason is simple.

This is because'the use of gasoline, diesel and ethanol deteriorates health and causes environmental problems including climate change.'

The Japanese government also recently announced that it would ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives around 2035.

But why 2035?

US state governments, including California, European countries including the UK, and Japan, where major automakers such as Toyota and Honda, have announced that they will ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives, taking 2035 or earlier as the reference point.

The reason is simple.

This is because once a car is made, it is used for an average of 15 years and then scrapped.

In order for no internal combustion locomotives to run on the road in 2050, only electric vehicles must be sold after 2035.

According to the simple and clear arithmetic of '2050-15=2035', the point of sale ban was set.

Even now, there may be people who can't imagine that internal combustion locomotives that roam around the streets on the streets will not be available for sale 10 years later.

price is?

How about charging?

Electricity?

Waste batteries?

There may be people raising issues such as.

In simple terms, the price will be cheaper, and charging can be done by expanding the infrastructure.

Electricity can be made from renewable energy such as solar and wind power, and batteries can be recycled.

When asked if an electric car is technically and environmentally perfect, the answer is'NO'.

However, if you ask if an electric car is much better than an internal combustion locomotive, the answer is YES.

The internal combustion locomotive made efforts through hybridization, but was eventually judged impossible to improve.

Hybrid cars are already included in the list of products that cannot be sold in many countries.

What are the benefits to people when the sale of internal combustion locomotives is banned and switching to electric vehicles?

The main thing is that the air is clear, driver stress is reduced, and wallets are thickened.

The clean air is because there are no pollutants on the streets I walk and where I live, the stress is reduced because there is no noise and vibration from the internal combustion locomotive, and the thick wallet is because electricity is much cheaper than oil. .

Currently, EV prices are rather high, but there is endless room for improvement.

There are still 15 years left until 2035.

Even very clever solutions are technically impossible, or politically impossible if there is a lack of justification for doing so.

However, the development of electric vehicle technology and the decline in renewable energy prices, represented by solar and wind power, made it possible to make a bold decision to ban the sale of internal combustion locomotives, freeing from passive policies such as preferential tax treatment for small internal combustion locomotives.

Consumers' reaction to electric vehicles is also very good.

Tesla, which makes electric cars, has become the sixth-largest company in the United States in terms of market capitalization after Apple and Microsoft.

Korea will eventually have to decide to withdraw from internal combustion locomotives, and the timing will be around 2035.

We must accept that change is inevitable, know in advance at the individual, company, and national level, and strive to minimize the impact.

Hyundai Motor Group also announced in December last year that it would stop selling internal combustion locomotives in major markets from around 2040.

In a few years, I expect the timing to be adjusted to 2035.

Think about this if you can't imagine a world where internal combustion locomotives, which still burn expensive oil and emit pollutants that harm health and greenhouse gases that damage the planet, are banned from sale.

How many places in Korea allow indoor smoking?

The ban on the sale of internal combustion locomotives is inevitable.

ps General Motors (GM), the largest automobile company in the United States, announced on January 28 that it will only sell electric vehicles from 2035.

2050-15 = 2035.

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