My Diesel Passat got fabulous mileage when I lived in Germany. No way an EV would ever break even.
EVs the disposable razor of transport , use it and throw it away because no one wants it
Interesting how the EV Fanatics here seem to be a LOT QUIETER these days, now that what they’ve always known is starting to get out.
painful proof the market isn’t ready to stand on its own, putting governments on notice for more support until affordable EVs become a reality.
EV’s are not ready for prime time and most consumers realize it. Also, maybe Europeans are getting tired of the green nutjobs and like to stick it to them.
Soviet-style government planning always works well!
“Climate goals” — set without any scientific understanding by political ignoramuses who are helping their buddies get rich on the climate scam and taking kickbacks and campaign donations from the same buddies...all at the expense of hard-working tax slaves generally too stupid to know what is really going on.
The new 2025 Camry hybrid gets 50 mpg city/53 highway fo low 30 grand.
Will probably last forever to boot.
EVs are kind of like Red Light Cameras - initially the people think that they’re great, as they’ll catch people zipping through red lights. And they do, but they also are intended to make money for their operators and the city, so the other 98% of people they catch are the ones who don’t come to a full stop, behind the line, before making a right turn on red. Eventually enough tickets are issued and people get angry, knowing the way that THEY DRIVE makes them a ‘revenue engine’ (a little Rick Perry Toll Road terminology) for the operators and city hall.
The Charging infrastructure makes people very mad there is none or it doesn’t work or it’s really expensive to change and the companies running the stations say they’re losing money ,D’oh
This guy has figured it out. Europe is being impoverished. Without lots of government printed money, debt, and the force of Government mandates, its not a real market.
People say the governments that push EVs should be using EVs but that would be a waste of taxpayer money ,LOL
Someone is forgetting that the government is there to serve the people, not the people to serve the government.
A big reason why I won’t consider an EV is the limited range because I live in the American West. Interesting they won’t sell in Europe where range isn’t so much a factor.
Without massive subsidies, the cost of EV ownership would never have made sense for any driver.
I’m doubling down on ICE. Just ordered a new GMC Sierra with the Duramax diesel engine.
“”Without subsidies, the cost of EV ownership no longer makes sense””
It never “made sense” in the first place. Every time we wound drive by an EV, I would point out another car that we all helped purchase, usually for someone with more $$$ than us. (I do not mind someone making, having a lot of money. No poor person ever gave me a job.) Paying part of their car (subsidies = tax dollars) is another thing.
There is no “market” for these EVs without other people’s money.