Posted 22 June Exactly. Germans would say:“Immer gerade aus.“ 👻 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 22 June 3 hours ago, fraufruit said: Great minds. Or get off of an exit ramp? Or anywhere? I call photoshop. No Photoshop, they're real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_train 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 June Wowsers! I'd hate to get behind one of those on the road. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 June Electric fire engines: https://youtu.be/kDdyiSOwBYo?t=120 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 23 June Well, looks, the German finance minister wants to end the subsidies by the end of the year: https://blackout-news.de/en/news/lindner-wants-to-abolish-premium-for-electric-cars/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 24 June 15 hours ago, scook17 said: Well, looks, the German finance minister wants to end the subsidies by the end of the year: https://blackout-news.de/en/news/lindner-wants-to-abolish-premium-for-electric-cars/ He's also against the eventual ban of ICEs. Fortunately it's not up to him. Does anyone think subsidies for BEVs won't continue? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 24 June Seems to me that without subsidies, the German car industry will be negatively effected. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 24 June 31 minutes ago, fraufruit said: Seems to me that without subsidies, the German car industry will be negatively effected. Well, it seems those buying EV's switched from hybrids to full EVs in droves. https://insideevs.com/news/592116/germany-plugin-car-sales-may2022/ Was surprised to read 1 in 4 new cars purchased are either full electric or a hybrid. Guess that is why they have decided it's too expensive now. The UK ended grants this year https://insideevs.com/news/592817/uk-no-plug-in-grant-evs/ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 24 June On 02/06/2022, 10:34:47, MikeMelga said: What car do you have? Cars like Tesla keep the 12V topped with the main, so that scenario never happens. Sorry for late reply - Hyundai Kona, but it sounds from the past posts that only Tesla uses the HV battery so much during standstill. Sounds like the benefit of being a car manufacturer that produces only EVs... they properly utilize the fact that standstill consumption is peanuts for the main battery so why not use it?! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted 24 June 52 minutes ago, fraufruit said: Seems to me that without subsidies, the German car industry will be negatively effected. If a €40K EV costs you €34K after the subsidy now, would buyers really be put off by having to pay the full €40K? Probably most would be able to find the extra, and indeed Tesla have increased their base model from €40K to €50K without suffering any loss in demand. OTOH I think it sends the wrong message and EVs need to be cheaper. They could achieve that the other way around by slapping a big tax on new petrol and diesel registrations. Somehow I don't think the FDP would be in favour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
