Why the internal combustion engine is dead

CGTN Europe

The internal combustion engine shaped our world for over a century, but its reign is ending.   As the EV revolution accelerates, legacy automakers in Europe and beyond face an existential crisis.   Have they been too slow to adapt?   Could a major car brand collapse in the near future? Industry experts weigh in on the emotional and economic challenges of transitioning to electric.   ⚡🚗💨 #ShockingTheSystem #ElectricVehicles #ChineseEV

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00:00This is an internal combustion engine from 1886. It really is an early example of a technology

00:13that has fundamentally shaped our world over the last 130 years. But that history is now

00:18coming to a close and a new future is being written for legacy car makers in Europe and

00:24elsewhere. They're struggling to find their place in it. Some say they've been complacent

00:29because the glamour attached to their design history has sustained demand. True or not,

00:35there has been widespread emotional resistance to abandoning storied European brands and

00:40their noisy internal combustion engines. Do you think we'll see the collapse of one of

00:45the legacy car makers in the near future? And what do you think that would mean? It's

00:48very sad. I think it's inevitable. I don't think in the near future, those companies

00:53are so enormous and so entrenched that it will take a while. But I think it's inevitable

00:58that if they don't adapt, then they just can't. You know, the arguments about whether

01:03the future is electric are basically non-existent anymore. It's boring. Who cares? You know,

01:08the future is electric. Electric motors are just, as a machine, they are so much more

01:13efficient. And if it's okay with people to import toxic fossil fuel that costs a lot

01:19of money and then refine it and then transport it and then put it in a car and then burn

01:23it once for a few thousandths of a second, and then it turns into a gas that's toxic.

01:29If that's okay, then I won't argue with you, you know. But I think the arguments against

01:34that old technology now are overwhelming.

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