Audi has been the latest automaker to express its intent to completely end building combustion engine vehicles, stating this week that they would stop building gas and diesel vehicles by 2026. There will also be no more hybrid vehicles from that point forward, the automaker said. 

Audi board chairman Markus Duesmann offered the deadline to company executives and labor representatives this week, according to The Drive. The company had already said in March of this year that it would stop developing new combustion engines. And with electric vehicles that look like this...

...why would you go back to the days of old?

The company's parent, Volkswagen Auto Group, has made it clear over the past 12 to 18 months that it is looking to take on EV frontrunner Tesla. The company has been in the midst of a "massive realignment" to try and gel with the Biden administration's intent to subsidize EV production and infrastructure, according to Automotive News.