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0 sats \ 21 replies \ @kr 18 Apr \ parent \ on: Market for electric vehicles has experienced a setback econ
i say they are wrong.
why would the white house build EV chargers? that’s 7 too many if you ask me.
tesla has over 50,000 and there are dozens of competing networks rapidly scaling all over the world.
oh, and basically every single outlet that already exists can be used to charge an EV too. no adapters needed.
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
And the US needs a lot more EV chargers. More than 1.2 million??
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
and the free market will provide them
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @premitive1 18 Apr
we don't have a free market. there are free market forces, but there are also government regulations and restrictions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
and what government restrictions will stop people from charging money for electricity?
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
Mmmmh. That's something that's clearly not happening here in Europe.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
can you share real examples of this mysterious free market failure?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
I think that if all the state regulations for internal combustion vehicles and electric vehicles were put on an equal footing without subsidies and sales bans, etc., then the picture would look completely different, and people would opt for high-quality internal combustion engines because they are significantly cheaper.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
the exact opposite would happen.
the world spends $7 trillion on fossil fuel subsidies each year (7% of global GDP).
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
Here we pay a lot of taxes on gasoline, car purchases, Diesel etc... You need to include that
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
imagine how much you’d be paying without the $7 trillion subsidy
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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
The market in Germany collapsed when the gov cut subsidies this year. They are too expensive. What about that?
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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
the market didn’t “collapse”.
i think you mean to say the EV market is growing, albeit at a slower pace.
growth in germany (and everywhere else) will continue with or without incentives.
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
Ok. 30% less than 2023. But it's significant. The majority can't pay them
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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
it was a 28.9% decline in the month of March after growth in both January and February.
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
Oh wait for the next numbers.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
care to make a prediction?
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @TomK OP 18 Apr
Ooooh. You know You'll always lose with Your cristal balls, don't You? But wtf... of course the recession over here hits the sector, too. I think over the year they will sell at least 35% less new EVs in the EU compared to 2023. What's Your take?
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6 sats \ 3 replies \ @kr 18 Apr
i’ll take the over on -35% sales in 2024, as in Europeans will buy more than 975,000 battery EVs in 2024
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