EU Steps Closer To EV Only By 2035, SEMA Brings EV Performance
EU will no longer sell internal combustion cars after 2035, Scalar Performance SCR1 is a ready-to-go EV race car.
A report from AutoWeek indicates there’s just one final step to the EU ban on internal combustion engines by 2035. The step? A formal adoption by the European Parliment and Council. Essentially what that means is that the laws are past the draft stage, and are agreed upon by all parties of the EU. So that’s a guarantee of an EV future for the EU. The end quite literally now has a timetable. It’ll be phased in, too with the AW report indicating that an emission reductions target of 55% lower will be in place by 2030. To reduce the emissions that much, the best solution is to make no emissions at all…
So, automakers are on notice. But what about here in the US? We don’t have anything in the books just yet, but certain states have provisions similar to the EU. California and New York wish to enact the same kind of laws in the same timeframe as the EU. But for those states, they don’t have the total ban on large trucks from cities much like European countries.
Scalar Performance SCR1 is a Toyota GR86 based road racer with gobs of horsepower.
EV conversions get a fair bit of coverage here. Full electric race cars get some coverage here. EV conversion race cars now have their shot, too. The annual SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show took place this past week in Las Vegas, and one stand out was the Sclar Performance SCR1. It’s an EV conversion of a GR86 which Scalar says even with the slight added weight of the battery pack (about 200 lbs), the sheer performance makes up for it.
Via MotorAuthority, we have learned that 0-60 is claimed to be taken care of in 3.9 seconds, and the battery isn’t rated in range, but in time. About 45 minutes of track time. Short, sure, but most sprint races are done in 25 minutes and it’s rare to have a track day session longer than 30. The downside? It has an enormous price tag. Those who want to buy one need to slap down a $5,000 deposit towards a $210,000 price tag. Yikes.