VW Board Member: Internal Combustion Engines Will End up Like Horse-Drawn Carriages

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According to a senior VW executive, gasoline and diesel cars will soon disappear from the street scene like horse-drawn carriages did.

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Horses were never banned, yet they largely disappeared as a means of transportation in everyday life. Volkswagen is now drawing precisely this comparison with regard to electric cars and combustion engines. Martin Sander, Head of Sales for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, is convinced that electric cars will ultimately prevail not because of political mandates, but simply because people will eventually realize that they are the better soluti…