Comment by impossiblefork
Comment by impossiblefork 5 hours ago
I think Eastern Europe can afford EVs now. 20,000 euros for the Twingo, 15,000 euros for Dacia Spring. This is cheaper than most petrol cars.
Comment by impossiblefork 5 hours ago
I think Eastern Europe can afford EVs now. 20,000 euros for the Twingo, 15,000 euros for Dacia Spring. This is cheaper than most petrol cars.
Have you considered that many people in Eastern Europe might not be able to afford a new car at all? Where I live people are keeping their older cars for longer and buying used because everything else is getting more expensive and nobody wants to go in debt for something marginally better than what they already have.
Yes, but that's also the case in Sweden and France and Spain etc. But these new things are obviously competing with other new things.
The average age of a car currently on the road in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece is about 16 years old. How do you think all those people with 16 year old beaters, will suddenly be able to afford the 20k cars?
I don't think they will. I think they'll keep driving these old cars, and that these EVs will eventually become old cars.
No one has to suddenly be able to afford a new car. The phase-out of combustion vehicles is for new vehicles. Old cars can still be driven.
> This is cheaper than most petrol cars.
Still somewhat more expensive than petrol cars in the same category, though.