“I’m only going to help save the world if it does not inconvenience or cost me anything whatsoever at all” is not the brilliant take you think it is.
Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months agoIt will change when electric cars cost the same as a regular car. The cheapest EV in France is 3 times more expensive than my car. I can’t afford it.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
marsokod@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Je suis curieux, tu parles de quelles voitures là ?
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
The cheapest Dacia or Skoda (according to the internet) costs 20 000 €. My car cost 7000 €. I don’t care about TCO if I can’t afford it to begin with.
It gives me 13 000 € of fuel for free, which is more than 10 years, the lifespan of the car.
marsokod@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The cheapest ICE Dacia is 12000€. I suspect you are comparing a new car price vs a used car price, which is quite unfair.
You can get a used Dacia or a used Zoe for a bit under 10000€, which has probably less km than your car (see this one zoomcar.fr/dacia-spring-business-2020-33479218.ht…, or the numerous Zoe). Now granted these are not great cars: but it is hard to compare a 5-10 year-old ICE with an electric, simply because the electric used market is still small as these cars are new.
Now you raise a valid point on the chargers. But this is coming and that’s why no one (almost no one, I’m sure there are lunatics somewhere) wants to ban ICE right away. You ban new ones in 7 years, and this means that in 17 years a good majority of the cars will be electric. Chargers are quite quick to install, especially low power ones. There are many companies focusing on street light charging and as the number of electric cars grow, public chargers will become more available with a denser network. It’s really a chicken and egg problem - they won’t install massive amounts of chargers for them to stay unused.
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
10 000 € for a new car, not a used one.
FunderPants@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I know my Chevy Bolt had a higher sticker price than other subcompacts but the TCO is way lower than anything else on the market thanks to way lower maintenance and operating costs.
wtfeweguys@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 11 months ago
Not to mention the $7500 tax credit and if you’re in CA there’s also a tax rebate (they send you a check).