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N-gated Hacker News<p>🚗🔥 Oh no, the fossil-fuel chariots are finally losing steam! Apparently, the "peak" of combustion engine car sales was so monumental that it took the world two years to notice. 😱🔍 But hey, the secret's out now—time to charge up those Teslas! ⚡🔋<br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-have-peaked" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourworldindata.org/data-insigh</span><span class="invisible">ts/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-have-peaked</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/combustionengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>combustionengines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teslas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teslas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked — <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-have-peaked" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourworldindata.org/data-insigh</span><span class="invisible">ts/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-have-peaked</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalSales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CombustionEngines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutomotiveTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutomotiveTrends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureOfTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FutureOfTransport</span></a></p>
ProScience<p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/fedipower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedipower</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/carefficiencyrules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carefficiencyrules</span></a> </p><p>3 questions to those w/ robust knowledge on the matter:</p><p>On 01-Jan-2026, 🇨🇳 will implement much stricter car efficiency rules for <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a>:<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CombustionEngines</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EVs</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hybrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hybrids</span></a>.</p><p>Cars that do not fulfill these can either not be registered or have to buy carbon credits.</p><p>Q1: Is it true that next to no current US (incl Tesla), Japanese or European model fullfils these criteria?</p><p>Q2: How expensive are these carbon credits?</p><p>Q3: Is this limited to new cars?</p><p>TIA</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://troet.cafe/@energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@wmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wmd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gruene.social/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> It is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FireSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireSafety</span></a> thing:</p><ul><li>Unless <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EASA</span></a> exempt <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LiFePO4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiFePO4</span></a> chances are they'll continue with that rule...</li></ul><p>The only exemptions they do - both for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LeadAcid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeadAcid</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LithiumBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumBatteries</span></a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CombustionEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CombustionEngines</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuel</span></a> are (motorized) <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wheelchairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wheelchairs</span></a>, tho said users face a whole host of even worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a>, as I'm shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@RaulKrauthausen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RaulKrauthausen</span></a></span> et. al. can tell from personal experience.</p>
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