Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020

Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by Xylakant on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:54AM (#25900556)

Tesla’s sales in Germany are up ~20%, but on a very low level. Their total market share is now 0.5 percent. It’a definitely encouraging to see growth here, but there’s still a long way to go.

It’s also important to keep in mind that the numbers for electric vehicles often include plug-in hybrids. They’re a neat idea in theory, but in practice, they often serve as a hybrid car and never get plugged in. The gains from those vehicles are somewhat limited, except that they are included in the subsidies for electric cars in Germany.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by Ma8ee on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:56AM (#25901002)

Is like to have a source for the statement that plug in hybrid never gets plugged in. Everyone I know who has one charges it over night and only runs it on petroleum occasionally.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by Xylakant on Monday January 25, 2021 @04:38AM (#25901280)

All the neighbours here on the compound bought it for subsidies only - there's no charging option in the parking garage.

Edit: Adding some numbers from https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2020-09/plug-in-hybrid-studie... (sorry, german)

43% of the private owners use the charging option, 18% of the company owned cars. However, due to tax incentives, 63% of all cars registered per year are company owned cars.

The incentives are that you get a substantial tax break if you register a plug-in (or electric) car - leading to the odd result that 40% of all Porsche Panameras registered are plug-in hybrid cars.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by fomine3 on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:55PM (#25911088)

So it should be taxed same as hybrid car if owner doesn't have charging station at home.

Some environment group argue that lower range PHEV is evil because it's just for cheat but I against. PHEV should cover daily use range (YMMV 30-60km?) but shouldn't need much because they have engine for fallback. Equipping mostly unneeded batteries is definitely bad for environment.

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Re:Sales of electric cars up by 43% in 2020 by rypskar on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:55AM (#25902169)

This is why I think more of the tax should be moved from buying to using. C02 tax for cars should be mostly at the pump when filling the tank, not when buying. A plug-in driven 10 000 km a year pollute more than any car driven 100 km a year.

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