The Irish Mail on Sunday

Is there no bright spark who can solve dilemma?

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While reading Philip Nolan’s article about electric vehicles (MoS, July 30), one of his prediction­s gave me cause for concern. It was regarding vehicular values when the government’s proposed ‘ban on internal combustion engine driven cars’ comes into force.

As a driver who had reluctantl­y changed to a diesel-powered car (from petrol) in 2013, and has since traded in to acquire another diesel car, one with a smaller engine, I was dismayed to read that my latest car, which cost me over €20,000, could soon be worth zilch.

Then I got thinking... Why has nobody come up with the possibilit­y of removing a car’s internal combustion engine and replacing it with an electric motor? Surely some engineerin­g entreprene­ur can come up with a way of changing out a car’s obsolete engine, rather than scrapping the whole car?’ I realise there might be technical problems, however, in today’s high-tech world such issues should be easily overcome.

The person who does conceive such a mechanical possibilit­y will surely retire rich.

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