Volkswagen under investigation over illegal software that masks pollution

[Ryeman]

California's Clean Air Act and the CARB effectively drive world car design and has for ~ 4 decades (the LA smog crisis of the 60s into the 70s) and by 2025 their clean air legislation will have made urban combustion engines untenable and that's what all manufacurers are fixated on.........the U.S. sales market is the carrot.
The BEV and fuel cell car are both powering an electric motor.
An electric motor is relatively simple and low maintenance and that will be a challenge to dealership profits I would imagine.