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EV Sales Are Booming in Europe with Gasoline at $10 a Gallon

79 points · 150 comments · blondie9x

  1. gambiting · · focus · HN ↗
    I mean, I feel like even if petrol wasn't as expensive as it is, the sales would be booming anyway, maybe a sliver slower - for the simple reason that affordable EVs are now here and they are pretty damn good now. After years and years of lamenting "where are the EVs for your average Joe Smith" - they are now here. Funnily enough, they aren't made by Volkswagen or Peugeot, but they are here anyway. And Europe's cheapest new car - Dacia Spring - is an EV.
    1. vjsrinivas · · focus · HN ↗
      Im on the verge of switching from PHEV to full EV. I just need a reasonably affordable EV with 450+ mile of range.
      1. blondie9x · · focus · HN ↗
        It's better for the body to keep driving sessions to 3-4 hours max before you get up walk around and charge a bit. 330 mile range is more than enough. If you only use 60% of the battery to maximize its lifespan you can drive for 3.5 hours roughly before you deplete a battery from 80% -> 20%.
        1. kube-system · · focus · HN ↗
          There are a number of plausible rural drives in north america which do not have fast chargers for over 400 miles. EV infrastructure in the US is primarily concentrated on high-volume highways.
          1. sanswork · · focus · HN ↗
            Can you actually name some? Last time I looked the highest I could find was like 100 miles.
            1. kube-system · · focus · HN ↗
              Sioux City IA to Lusk WY -- 471 miles between chargers

              Kalispell MT to Minot ND -- 688 miles between chargers

              Anything in Alaska that isn't along the route from Anchorage to Fairbanks

              Much of Ontario 11

              All of Newfoundland

              Of course, they're not high traffic routes, but these are places you can still easily find gasoline.

              1. sippingabonedry · · focus · HN ↗
                Not to mention all of those places are cold, which affects your range.
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