German government expands subsidies for electric cars

Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by thinkcontext on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:12PM (#21454965)

Do you have any numbers that back up what percentage of German driving is covered by what you are talking about? I gave numbers for average German driving, therefore more than 50% of German driving trips can be handled with no gas by a plugin hybrid. This cannot be considered "rarely" as was your original contention. Even your 60 mile example, 1/3 of the distance being covered by electric is not "rarely".

Do plugin hybrids or EVs solve all current transportation problems for all transport distances? No. Is there a issue with subsidizing luxury vehicles? Yes. But I wanted to correct your incorrect statement about plugin hybrids.

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Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by dillz on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @02:03PM (#21455498)

You are right, the average car trip is covered by plugin hybrids. I was referring to business trips, i.e. the typical clientele of the car types in my OP. The average business driving distance (not commute) is twice the average of all drives. (source: Chapter 3.2 in [1]) If only businessmen/fieldstaff/etc. are taken into account and no craftsmen/tradesmen numbers would be even higher. (read: drivers of said premium hybrids vs. box wagons)

[1] https://www.adac.de/_mmm/pdf/statistik_mobilitaet_in_deutsch...

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Re:German government expands subsidies for electric cars by thinkcontext on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @02:32PM (#21455780)

I stand by my contention that 1/3 of a 60 mile trip being run on electric is not "rare".

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