Italien legt Vorschlag zur frühzeitigen Überprüfung des EU-Verbots von Verbrennungsmotoren vor

The real problem is that ICE cars are becoming more and more expensive as well.

So… We either abandon the EV race and are flooded by cheap ICE Chinese cars… Or we keep going EV while being flooded by cheaper Chinese BEVs.

Tariffs and bans will only make everything worse.

Still, one can argue that with the demografic collapse, there should be way less vehicles on the road, so the industry will face a downward trend regardless in the near future. Along with everything else.

The biggest problem by far is the power grid. Bigger cities already have schedules for each street on when they are allowed to charge and when it’s someone else’s turn because the power grid can’t handle it and won’t be able to handle it in the foreseeable future. On top of that, how is that going to work in apartment buildings that don’t have electricity outside because they are parking on streets?

It’s understandable that we should transition, but it’s completely cutting out more than half of the people in Europe from using EVs.

> EU-countries should stop bitching about the ban and get their asses up and create affordable EVs.

Keyword being *affordable*.

VW held it in its hands with the e-Golf. Cheap & reliable.

But nooo, they had to invent an entirely new platform, that easily costs EUR 10.000 more at least.

VW thought they could score on offering expensive EVs that *look* a bit like their greatest hits with the Buzz.

What VW should do instead is to deliver new EVs that apply the same design that made them great: simply, reliable, cheap.

If you listen to insiders from the industry, the one thing they don’t want is this constant back and forth. They want reliable messaging from the top, so long-term investments can be made without too much risk that everything will be flipped around again after 5 years.

A major problem, at least here in Germany, is the share of people who rent vs the share of people who own a house. With your own house, charging is no issue and it actually reduces your wasted time at gas stations. For people living in apartments, switching to EVs is much less straightforward. Overnight charging options close to apartment buildings are still super rare and the few chargers at supermarkets and similar destinations are often occupied, so buying an EV means that you likely need to add a 30+ minute stop to your routine every few days. That could be fine, if EVs were cheaper than ICEs, but they aren’t. Paying significantly more for a car that still has less range and that inconveniences you more than a comparable ICE just doesn’t make sense to a huge percentage of car owners.

The government needs to stop arguing about rolling everything back, massively increase the speed of growing the charging infrastructure and incentivize local manufacturers to innovate to make EVs more affordable.