T he automotive Industry had a somewhat ‘Big Bang’ like origin. From some relatively controlled explosions in the late 18th century bloomed a now multi billion dollar industry that almost every human relies on. Whether your mowing your lawn, taking the train to work or making the long drive to see your in-laws, the chances…
Following Volvo’s declaration in July 2017 that it would stop designing combustion engine cars by 2019 and the UK’s announcement shortly afterwards that all new cars must be zero-emission by 2040, The Economist ran an article-cum-obituary about the internal combustion engine proclaiming “the end is in sight for the machine that changed the world”. A…