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Car giants are pulling a U-turn on their EV plans – here's how Ford, Hyundai, Volvo and more are changing course


Dreams of a pure EV line-up by 2030 have been shattered

I personally attended both of the aforementioned launch events and numerous chats I’ve had with high-ranking executives over the past few years have all seemingly led to the conclusion that the days are numbered for the diesel and petrol engine. Its latest pure EV offering, the excellent EX90, faced years of delays thanks to software problems and an underestimation of the difficulties involved in making a suite of Lidar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and Nvidia ’s next generation System-on-a-Chip all talk to each other. Just last month, Porsche admitted that its transition to electric cars was “taking longer than we thought five years ago”, according to a statement, claiming that it could only still deliver on its promises should customer demand exist and the wider "development of electro-mobility".

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