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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. jandrewrogers · · focus · HN ↗
              There are stretches of highway in the continental US that are >100 miles between exits, never mind chargers. That is almost a defining feature of the American West.

              More importantly, these highways can be closed at unpredictable times for an unpredictable duration. It is not guaranteed that the route you planned is the route will take.

              1. sanswork · · focus · HN ↗
                Well 100 miles would be 300 miles less than what op claimed and well within the range of just about every EV.

                Go check one of the charger maps and get back to me with a distance of 400 miles between charges.

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