Is Daimler really going to exit the internal combustion engine market?

Germany** reported that Markus Schaefer, head of development at Daimler, saidThe company currently has no plans to develop a next-generation internal combustion engine engine and is currently focusing on the development of new electric powertrains. It can be said that Daimler officially ended his entire career in internal combustion engines.

And it's also lively on Twitter,Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the first to know the newsHe also cordially expressed his appreciation for Daimler's move to abandon the internal combustion engine and invest in electric vehicles: "Electric is the future!" congratulations daimler!!

Electric is the future, congratulations to Daimler!! What's even more interesting is that Mercedes-Benz's official Twitter account also had an intimate interaction with him, saying that "this is the sustainable future", which once again added to the credibility of the news.

So one of the dayThe news that "Daimler completely withdrew from the research and development of internal combustion engines" directly swiped the front page headlines of major domestic automobiles. To this, Daimler respondedNo decision has been made to withdraw from the development of gasoline engines, and the latest generation of "FAME" engines (modular engine family) consists of innovative petrol and diesel engines, which have recently been used in the entire product lineup. As before, this generation of engines is currently in the early stages of application and will continue to expand with more innovative and efficient engine variants in the future, so no decision has yet been made on the next generation of engines.

In fact, Markus Schaefe, head of development at Daimler, made it very clear in an interviewHe said that Daimler's main focus is now on electric drives and battery development, but this is not to say that Daimler is abandoning the internal combustion engine. Daimler can still develop parts for internal combustion engines to make improvements to existing engines. And in the mouth of the editor-in-chief of the foreign electric car **electrek, for some reason it has become the above.

No, I think the strength still exists, but it lacks an opportunity.

I think Daimler should be out of the internal combustion engine market, because as technology continues to evolve, traditional technologies will become obsolete.

I think it should be, it can't transform on its own.

I think there may be this plan, because of the competition of new energy vehicles, so the internal combustion engine market may not develop well enough.

I think it's possible, some of its recent behaviors have shown this way.

It should be very likely, after all, he basically does not produce internal combustion engines.

I think it should be, the traditional technology is not good, or there is a better replacement for him.

It's possible to have something, after all, they also have to improve themselves in continuous development.

The internal combustion engine has been developing for a whole century, and as the core of the power of all types of transportation, all car manufacturers have also tried to improve efficiency, but the development seems to have reached a critical point that is difficult to break through.

As the inventor of the internal combustion engine, Daimler said that he would abandon the internal combustion engine, but in fact, the meaning of the historical and technical level is also very different.

According to a report in Germany's Automotive & Sport magazine, Daimler executives say they no longer have plans for the next generation of internal combustion engines, but instead develop new electric powertrains.

However, according to reports, Daimler still has some specific component improvement plans for internal combustion engines, and has not completely abandoned it yet, after all, the traditional internal combustion engine power is still the mainstream, and it is impossible to give up immediately.

In recent years, the development of internal combustion engines has become more and more difficult. From the diesel engine pollution fraud incident a few years ago, and in recent years, gasoline engines have rarely innovated in the traditional structure, but have moved towards external turbines, the easiest way to achieve efficiency improvement. Thermal efficiency is an important factor in evaluating conventional engines, and the improvement in thermal efficiency has been very small over the past few decades.

In addition, the research and development time of traditional engines takes a long time, and the investment is huge, but the efficiency improvement brought by the new generation of engines is often minimal, which also makes many countries consider completely abandoning traditional internal combustion engine technology and moving towards new energy power, and some countries have even shouted that they will completely ban the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles within 20 years. In addition, many automakers have also turned to new energy power development, such as Mercedes, which has also proposed to provide electric versions of all models in 2022.

In fact, the industry has been moving towards new energy power for a long time, and the fading of the internal combustion engine power market is actually expected.

Since Tesla proposed revolutionary new energy vehicles and added intelligent driving assistance technologies that were unimaginable in the past, traditional power vehicles have been far behind in terms of innovation, and in the key power part, energy consumption and output of power are really disproportionate compared with new energy vehicles. At present, the driving range of new energy vehicles has exceeded that of traditional fuel vehicles, and charging equipment is becoming more and more popular, it is only a matter of time before the internal combustion engine technology continues to decline and even eventually be replaced.

Daimler's turnaround, the pioneer of internal combustion engine technology, is also of great significance in announcing the end of an era.