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Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show (www.theregister.com)
submitted 7 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] slurpinderpin 34 points 7 months ago (27 children)

This is a bit surprising to me tbh, Europe seems like the perfect place for little 100 mile range EV’s to kick ass. Over here in North America I can see hybrids being the current hot ticket because people regularly drive hundreds of miles for trips and work. Seems less common there but I may be wrong

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (7 children)

People still go on holiday once or twice a year, snd many travel by car and always prefer their own car over rental. A 100 mile range EV being good for 95% of your use cases doesn't help you much with the other 5%.

[–] br3d 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)

People need to hire vehicles occasionally rather than buy more polluting vehicles against some rare edge case

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm not saying they shouldn't rent a car for these occasions, I'm just saying that's probably the reason why hybrids are more popular.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or we need to try to accommodate the needs that people actually have rather than telling them they should change what they need. That's somewhat more likely to actually work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I mostly agree with your statement. If you want people to switch to alternatives, the alternative needs to be better than the status quo in some way.

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