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US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban

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  1. clauderoux · · focus · HN ↗
    In France, we see a move to buy second hand EV, which up to now were a very hard sell on the car market. When a liter of petrol costs up to €2.3, it is pretty obvious that people will think twice in keeping their thermic car any longer.
    1. Skwid · · focus · HN ↗
      Entirely off-topic, but in British english the usual term would be combustion vehicle, or more commonly just Petrol/Diesel.

      A thermic vehicle sounds delightfully whimsical to my ear, like some sort of victorian steam car.

      For some reason the form thermic is almost never used in English, instead preferring Thermal with only one exception I&#x27;m aware of: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Thermal_lance" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Thermal_lance

      1. circuit10 · · focus · HN ↗
        I&#x27;ve also seen them described as ICE cars (internal combustion engine)
        1. czottmann · · focus · HN ↗
          Also &quot;oil-timer&quot;.
          1. gumby · · focus · HN ↗
            I love this one. I usually say “dinosaur-burner” (though really oil and natgas were overwhelmingly made from algae).

            And every time you want to get angry at the petroleum companies remember that they saved the whales.

      2. pseudohadamard · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt; A thermic vehicle sounds delightfully whimsical to my ear, like some sort of victorian steam car.

        For me it&#x27;s something involving aluminum and iron oxide powder. Probably where the term hot-rod came from.

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