this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2023
88 points (95.8% liked)
Europe
8484 readers
3 users here now
News/Interesting Stories/Beautiful Pictures from Europe ๐ช๐บ
(Current banner: Thunder mountain, Germany, ๐ฉ๐ช ) Feel free to post submissions for banner pictures
Rules
(This list is obviously incomplete, but it will get expanded when necessary)
- Be nice to each other (e.g. No direct insults against each other);
- No racism, antisemitism, dehumanisation of minorities or glorification of National Socialism allowed;
- No posts linking to mis-information funded by foreign states or billionaires.
Also check out !yurop@lemm.ee
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That 17% are actual EVs, not hybrids, seems like the bigger news. Glad to hear it.
Of course it does mean that 83% of new car sales are still powered by fossil fuels and the number of them on the roads is still growing.
What's your beef with PHEVs? Most people use EV driving on them almost exclusively or at least a majority of the time. So your 83% number is way too high. And battery isn't practical for 100% of situations (there are no silver bullets). PHEVs are still a huge win. HEVs can go in the garbage though.
I am one of those crazy extremists you might have heard of who actually believe that it would be a good idea to stop burning fossil fuels.
That isn't that extreme, I am one of those crazy extremists who thinks we should get rid of the vast majority of cars while we are changing our transportation system anyway.