Comment on World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months agoThe 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.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Lol, wouldn’t 120km be a weeks worth of driving if you only spend 25 euros on petrol per week on average?
You seem to be looking at reasons why they wouldnt work for you and keep changing your rationale when shown to be wrong.
That tells me you’ve made your mind up on electric vehicles, not based on facts, but on emotion. Be prepared to get left behind. Your ice vehicle will cost more over time as there is less parts, less mechanics and the fuel cost continues to rise.
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Those numbers do not reflect any kind of reality and feels like science fiction to me. I’m looking at reasons to change, and so far, I just can’t physically and financially get an EV.
Once they sell a cheap and small EV with a real battery, I will change.
I wish hipsters understood that there is no “over time” for poor people.