I noticed this morning....some chatter starting up on a government deal to increase the subsidy for people buying E-cars. Currently, the amount is around 6,000 Euro on each car.
The proposed new amount? 10,800 Euro.
Total cost on the government, if it were carried out? Around 73-billion Euro. For some reason, I just don't see this being approved. Maybe if it were a limited 90-day deal and limited to just 10-billion Euro....maybe it'd make economic sense.
In the end, if you think about the way this is structured.....you wouldn't be paying for the car via the dealer.....you'd be paying via your sales-tax or income-tax. Sadly, the folks who don't buy an E-car....would help to finance this gimmick.
My E-car enthusiasm? I've test-driven an Audi Etron, and would give it plus-points. But when you talk about the time required to charge it up.....escalating electrical energy costs.....limited recharging options outside of Germany, and these odd E-car fires that start up....I'm just not that enthusiastic. I won't even talk about the weekend solar show that I attended in Munich....where I walked out feeling fairly disenchanted about solar panels.
The average German? I don't think they feel that enthusiasm yet. In my village? I'd take a guess that 2-percent of the cars are E-cars, and maybe another ten of the vehicles will arrive by the end of 2022.
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E-cars are a much more practical alternative in Germany than the US considering how much smaller the country. Driving 300 miles in Germany and you will be in another country as opposed to AZ or Utah and you will still be out in the middle of BFE.
The only problem with your idea is the escalating price for German electricity. The only way that a E-car makes practical sense....is if you put the panels up on the house...generate your own power, and charge the car off that. The guy in Az or Ut...would have the weather to his advantage for charging...you can't suggest that 365-day period for Germany.
Electrical price increases are likely to continue the trend....not lessen (yeah, the Greens laid out this path without thinking about it over twenty years ago).
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