No IC vehicles in Germany after 2030

[Richard230]

I heard a report on the news today that Germany recently passed a law which would prohibit the sale of internal-combustion-powered vehicles after 2030.  Their next move will be to convince the rest of the EU to do the same, which the news report said was likely.  This could result in the big motorcycle brands finally getting into the electric motorcycle market in a big way. Better stock up on lithium batteries. 

[Richard230]

Here is an article regarding Germany's new law.  Apparently all gas and diesel vehicles will be banned from public roads after 2030.    But it does require approval by the EU before it can go into effect. There are bound to be a lot of unintended consequences if this ban occurs, though.  I was fascinated by the comment in the article that the ban could hurt Tesla sales. 

I am sure that this ban will accelerate BMW's introduction of an electric motorcycle (no doubt a GS style) into the market and substantially increase the sales of their e-scooter range throughout Europe. It is kind of hard for me to imagine a Ducati or Moto Guzzi electric motorcycle, however.  But I can see the Japanese finally getting up enough nerve to jump into the EV motorcycle market as 2030 approaches.  In fact, if one of the Japanese brands were to really panic they might buy out Zero just to jump-start the process.  No doubt both H-D and Polaris would also have an incentive to market their electric motorcycle models, too:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bertelschmitt/2016/10/08/germanys-bundesrat-resolves-end-of-internal-combustion-engine/#4bfc2bd931d9