German EV Sales Falling Far Short Of 2030 Target
Currently, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Germany have stalled and the country is not even close to being on the sales trajectory to reach its 15 million vehicles target by 2030.
Currently, just over one million of the 48 million cars on the road are e-cars.
Consumers remain skeptical and do not accept EVs as a real alternative to their reliable internal combustion engine cars.
Dr. Olaf Zinke reported at Agrarheute.de the three reasons that make e-vehicles unattractive for consumers.
No. 1: Price, used car value
Buying a new e-car in Germany means shelling out between 30,000 to 50,000 euros [$33K to $54K]. Models in the upper price segment often cost between 80,000 and 100,000 euros [$87K to $109K], say the experts at the price comparison portal Verivox.
No. 2: Range
Most e-cars need to be recharged every about every 200 km [124 miles] or so, far below the range typically suggested by manufacturers. And as the battery ages, performance declines.
Moreover, Germany’s charging infrastructure still has a long way to go, so charging can be a real challenge at times.
Many homeowners don’t have a charging wall box and city apartment dwellers often lack parking places with the possibility of charging.
This makes e-cars inconvenient to own.
No. 3: low demand for used e-cars
“At the same time, used e-cars are almost unsaleable. Who would buy a used e-car when they can have a petrol car that will serve them well for many years for less money?” reports Zinke.
A regular used internal combustion engine car is more reliable, quick to refuel, and will travel many hundreds of kilometers for much less money.
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Ken Hughes
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You forgot the big one – SAFETY. The damn things keep bursting into flames righting themselves of and causing severe damage to their surroundings. This also impacts insurance costs, another thing you didn’t mention. Oh, and let’s not forget the fallacious claim that they help the environment. Many of us do not buy that crap.
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Dave
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EVs, Unsafe at any Speed! 🔥🔥🔥
If Elon Musk was more interested in saving the planet, than lining his own pockets, he would shut Tesla down today.
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Howdy
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“Most e-cars need to be recharged every about every 200 km [124 miles] or so, far below the range typically suggested by manufacturers. And as the battery ages, performance declines.”
Dependent on driving style and accessory use of course. Regardless, range is pitifull.
I think one will find battery aging a problem across the board of chemistries, including storage, where no actual cycles take place.
Again, the active life of the cells is also proportional to the use pattern and way the charge is maintained. Fast charges are more damaging than gentle ones, stressing the cells more for example.
Just out of interest. The current crop of battery powered plant machinery and such. A battery powered crawler crane from liebherr that is ‘zero emission’. Can also use a mains connected cable when operating, and when the 4 hr battery gives up.
There is no depth to the insanity. A construction machine that relies on mass destruction mining to bring a little fresh air only, to the space it occupies due to ‘zero emissions’…
It makes less noise. Unfortunately that wouldn’t work with electric excavators using a jack hammer attachment. Construction equals noise, no ifs or buts.
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John
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The Spiteful Mutants of the Left continue their relentless crusade against against themselves as well as the general population. These psychopaths, live in a world of illusion. Nothing changes until these people are driven from positions of power.
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