Most EVs still cost 10-20K more than their conventional counterparts. Most working class people simply cannot afford an EV, end of story. It has very little to do with “choice” and “awareness” or whatever.
Working class people rarely can afford new cars anyway and this ban targets initial registrations, not the already existing market of second hand cars.
Which is why I really hate that our local companies took so long to enter the EV market. Viable EVs are slowly entering the second hand market but it’s still a long way away from the combustible market.
Most EVs still cost 10-20K more than their conventional counterparts.
Which is entirely bullshit and partly caused by misplanning proper production numbers and mostly by just plain anti-EV propaganda that unneccessarily reduces demand by making you believe in actual desinformation.
From an economical perspective we knew for many years that EVs are actually cheaper once batteries fall under ~100$/kWh… Now go lookup battery costs…
Spoiler
~60$/kWh
And alas EVs are actually cheaper already (or are we trying to pretend that people -in particular those struggling to pay the costs- are paying them with available cash and not already financing them over years?).
Most EVs still cost 10-20K more than their conventional counterparts. Most working class people simply cannot afford an EV, end of story. It has very little to do with “choice” and “awareness” or whatever.
Working class people rarely can afford new cars anyway and this ban targets initial registrations, not the already existing market of second hand cars.
Which is why I really hate that our local companies took so long to enter the EV market. Viable EVs are slowly entering the second hand market but it’s still a long way away from the combustible market.
I just need an affordable family wagon.
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Which is entirely bullshit and partly caused by misplanning proper production numbers and mostly by just plain anti-EV propaganda that unneccessarily reduces demand by making you believe in actual desinformation.
From an economical perspective we knew for many years that EVs are actually cheaper once batteries fall under ~100$/kWh… Now go lookup battery costs…
Spoiler
~60$/kWh
And alas EVs are actually cheaper already (or are we trying to pretend that people -in particular those struggling to pay the costs- are paying them with available cash and not already financing them over years?).
You need a bigger calculator.
Sure, the purchase price is somewhat higher, but if you look at all the costs in the lifespan of the vehicle, the EVs are cheaper.
Working class people can’t afford not to buy EVs.
End of story? Where is the fucking story?
The car companies need to make them more affordable.