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27 Jul 2017, 10:40 (Ref:3754659) | #1 | ||
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Petrol Car Ban By 2040..Good Bye F1?
Petrol car ban by 2040......https://www.ft.com/content/7e61d3ae-...f-99f383b09ff9
Looks like the end is nigh for F1 as we know it...better start getting excited about the prospect of Formula E taking over as the pinnacle of motorsport.. |
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27 Jul 2017, 11:18 (Ref:3754661) | #2 | ||
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The statement bans the sale of new cars with ICEs, F1 cars aren't sold when new. Besides F1 is already planning its next evolution, there will probably be another couple of evolutions before 2040
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27 Jul 2017, 16:34 (Ref:3754768) | #3 | ||
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following some of the EU stories but not in great detail...is it a full ban on all petrol and diesels or will hybrids still be allowed?
if its the latter then F1 is already ahead of the curve no? |
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The ban doesn't effect Trucks or Buses It's ben suggested that there will still be millions of petrol/diesel cars on the road after that point. |
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27 Jul 2017, 18:51 (Ref:3754822) | #5 | ||
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I don't see how this has any direct connection with motorsport, I see it applying to vehicles for use on the road but huge changes are undoubtedly coming to motorsport too and much of the lower cost parts of the sport have an almost total reliance on parts mass produced for road cars which might become more specialist and expensive. |
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27 Jul 2017, 19:10 (Ref:3754831) | #6 | ||
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Hybrid vehicles, which combine petrol and electric motors, will not be included in the sales ban. |
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28 Jul 2017, 09:31 (Ref:3755024) | #7 | ||
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With so many of the "premium" manufacturers putting some effort and marketing budget into Formula E and taking the perceived easier path to emission regulations that their major markets are adopting or will be adopting soon, the options for consumers in some markets may well be restricted. As for motorsport? Will the next generation care? What seems interesting here is that the major pollution problems related to trucks and buses do not seem to have been mentioned, so one wonders what this future virtue signalling is really all about. Smoke, probably - but maybe a smoke screen trying to obscure something else that would be more immediately inconvenient. I don't think one can really speculate about F1 4 years ahead let alone 20 years ahead. |
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There are already 71 all electric buses running in London, and I am sure there are others elsewhere. |
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28 Jul 2017, 10:41 (Ref:3755039) | #9 | ||
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And of course London had Trolley buses decades ago - dropped in favour of total ICEs around the time of the "Clean air" legislation. Quite ironc really. I assume no connection was made at the time and that the local powerstations, seemingly providing the Trolley Bus "power" were thought to be pollution sources worse than a few additional ICE engines. That said nothing I have found related to the trolley bus era suggests that potential pollution issues were considered during their deployment and replacement. |
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I find the comments reflect a rather parochial outlook.Does nobody remember the days when some governments banned cigarette advertising?It didn't kill F1,even though it necessitated having two liveries for each car.It does serve to indicate that the policies of one or two governments might have an effect in those places and that the series can find other places to race where they don't have to comply with such matters.The challenge might be in getting the racing apparatus and appurtenances to the circuits using compliant rad vehicles.
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27 Jul 2017, 22:39 (Ref:3754904) | #13 | ||
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One of my greatest problems is when you take a look at bulk oil carriers which run HUGE 2 stroke diesels that burn crude oil, you wonder just how much pollution you could save from sorting out shipping alone. Far more than cars I would venture! |
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28 Jul 2017, 06:57 (Ref:3754986) | #14 | ||
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We're all car geeks and love our big loud engines, but that doesn't we have to defend the car on absolutely everything. Ships cause more worldwide pollution. Cars cause it where people actually live. |
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28 Jul 2017, 15:49 (Ref:3755115) | #15 | ||
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I can see a future after market product where by there is some sort of new generation Catalytic converter or "nasty fume catcher" type device that will become available to "clean up" more emissions from older cars.
There would no doubt be a motorsports version, or could even be something for motorsports to pioneer that would allow current - then to be historic race cars to continue running. |
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28 Jul 2017, 16:12 (Ref:3755119) | #16 | |
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Racing cars tend to be custom built (above club level). So if you're custom building a car you could run it on a hydrogen internal combustion engine and retain the noise and driving characteristics. Hydrogen isn't great for road cars but it could be a racing fuel solution. Packaged correctly of course.
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28 Jul 2017, 16:29 (Ref:3755128) | #17 | |
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This is an interesting one and FWIW my take on it is that F1 will lose it's relevance if for no other reason that it's 'core' market will have died out - how old will many on the forum be 2040 for example? And there will be no young drivers or the interest in cars which just become transport solutions.
One report I have seen sees the phasing out of fossil fuels on sale by 2055/60 in the UK as most remaning ICE cars will be at least 15/20 years old by then (and probably punative taxes to drive them on the road),so there will be a limited market for it. It is thought that most car manufacturers will phase out ICE cars well before 2040 in the UK. |
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28 Jul 2017, 16:38 (Ref:3755133) | #18 | ||
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But in any case with electric will almost certainly come autonomy and autonomy at scale would be so much more cost effective and deliverable if total. Think how much lighter and less polluting to manufacture the travel pods could be if the autonomous aspect prevailed and there were no risks from vehicles outside the autonomous light pod system. And then the always connected controls and ready cash flow of metered usage .... The politicians will not have any desire to at all to defer such benefits under the guise of safety and security. |
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Unless they can make electric cars more noisy, it's not right for F1 to make the switch
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This will be up and running way after I'm in my grave. I must still have it though...because if I was the right age, I would start buying/importing and storing cheap 240v UK extension leads now...
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