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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. sippingabonedry · · focus · HN ↗
          > is more than enough

          This attitude of dictating others' car needs for them is one of the biggest hindrances to EV adoption and is also why rolling back CAFE regulations is going to be more popular than you think it is.

          The general public doesn't like being told what to do.

          1. kube-system · · focus · HN ↗
            The real cause of people's frustration with the US car market isn't CAFE, but the fact that the car market in the US is bifurcated by class and heavily financially engineered. The reason you can't get a cheap car in the US is entirely because US manufacturers are dictating what people can buy -- why give the middle class affordable options when you can make more money by squeezing them for cash for 84 months? What are they going to do, ride the non-existent bus?
            1. lesuorac · · focus · HN ↗
              Well also as part of the 08 recovery we scrapped a lot of the used car market to create demand for new vehicles.
              1. xboxnolifes · · focus · HN ↗
                That happened so long ago that an entire new wave of used cars exist by now.
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