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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by csunbird on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:44PM (#25222551)
But, within Europe, most of the driving is done under 50km/h and within the cities, where hybrids shine.

I agree that hybrids are a stupid solution, a full EV is way to go, but, for example, there are only two superchargers for Tesla in whole Berlin, which has almost 4 million population. The infrastructure has to be improved and the batteries needs to get larger or more efficient, because I find stopping every 2hrs to charge your car for 30 minutes stupid.

Hybrids are just a band-aid solution until we have proper (and cheap) EVs.

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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by ants_a on Friday November 27, 2020 @02:49AM (#25226392)
Fast charging is not really needed in cities where daily driving distances comfortably fit into almost all EV-s ranges. What is needed is parking space in residential areas with access to Type2 charging.
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Re:For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overt... by Xixi on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:44AM (#25228242)
Access to a parking space with charging, any kind of charging, is the reason I don't own an EV yet. Japan is really lagging behind here: the building I live in was finished in March 2020, it's not even one year old, and there's no way to charge an EV car in the parking spots!
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