The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark

Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by ebbv on Monday June 12, 2017 @06:51AM (#14536265)

There are a number of EVs available in the $20-40k price range. A majority of them in fact. In the US we have the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Bolt. In Europe the two have a number of other options available as well. The Renault Zoe is like a more affordable Leaf. I'm not sure what the VW eGolf clocks in at over there but it's probably in the neighborhood.

So yeah, just because the Model S is a luxury car, don't make the mistake of assuming all other EVs are too.

Here in the US if you can find a used Nissan Leaf you can get a really good deal.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by mrweasel on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:01AM (#14536295)

The Leaf is $40 - 45.000 in Denmark, so that's within range of most I would think, it's just that you can get bigger/better cars for the price. The Bolt isn't available in Denmark, it's under the Opel brand here and Opel won't sell it in Denmark because they priorities countries with an "ambitious policy".

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by robotresearcher on Monday June 12, 2017 @09:40AM (#14537263)

> $40 - 45.000 in Denmark, so that's within range of most I would think

Wikipedia says $42K is the mean after-tax annual income in Denmark. Median will be a bit lower. So maybe not as many Danes are in that market as you think.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by ebbv on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:07AM (#14536318)

If it makes you feel any better, the Bolt was designed here in Michigan and won't be on sale here until later this year because they're targeting California and other markets first.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by coredog64 on Monday June 12, 2017 @08:55AM (#14536945)

GM has opened up orders nationwide with delivery dates starting in August.

https://electrek.co/2017/06/09/gm-chevy-bolt-orders-nationwi...

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by _pmf_ on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:00AM (#14536291)

> I'm not sure what the VW eGolf clocks in at over there

Ca. 35 000 EUR in Germany (which means less in the rest of the world, for whatever reason).

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by dagw on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:03AM (#14536308)

I'm not sure what the VW eGolf clocks in at over there but it's probably in the neighborhood.

In Sweden the eGolf is about SEK 400k ($45k) compared to about SEK 220k ($25k) for the Zoe.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by ebbv on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:06AM (#14536317)

Sorry, poor wording on my part, I meant in the neighborhood of the Leaf. But still, it seems a bit more expensive.

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Re:The electric car has dropped out of favor in Denmark by dagw on Monday June 12, 2017 @07:29AM (#14536390)

Leaf is about $37k here in Sweden.

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