Honestly what I don’t understand is: why are 60% still not fully electric? Given the current situation I would expect that number to be much higher.
Years of anti EV propaganda. It is pretty bad.
EV do not fit with everyone’s lifestyle and the reliability of VW EVs is a concern.
The solution to carbon issues does not have to be binary.
And the reliability of VW combustion vehicles is not?
VW ID s have been rife with software issues and battery fires.
ie:
https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/vw-id4-battery-fire-recall-canada-us/
Not really
Because not everyone can recharge it. Most of the people live outside the big cities, where there are few charging station (if any) or there is no way to recharge the car directly from your home.
we are talking about Europe here and not the US - the charging infrastructure in basically all of europe is fantastic by now, basically every supermarket parking lot has a fast charger by now …
Yes, and I suppose you are willing to lose an afternoon to go to a supermarket 30 km away to just recharge your car.
I have no doubt that in the cities it is true, but not everyone live in a city.
In fact about 60% of European people do not live in a big city, where a supermarket maybe is not even near.This is a screenshot from EV Maps:
that’s a completly rural area here in Austria and still there are charger everywhere - and I have to go shopping at least once a week anyway and the time I spend in the shop is enough to get the charge I need, there is no time lost there. In fact I would lose more time if I had to go to the gas station …
In a rural area I am afraid that you would need the car more than the single time you go shopping every week.
If you just bought a fossil fueled car, you probably don’t have many options money wise.
My next car will be a full electric one for sure.
If bought a new fossil fueled car, especially a higher priced model, I don’t believe money is the problem.
Too bad their best feature was their internal combustion engines. Their new stuff is overpriced garbage
