The industry lobbied hard against that only to realize that with the current has prices people actually start to prefer EVs and people are still wondering why the European auto manufacturers are falling even more behind.
Because around half of the EU (and an even larger share of Europe) has next to zero EV infrastructure in place. Banning ICE cars would be banning cars, period.
If ‘lots’ is France, Germany, and Switzerland, then yeah, maybe.
I’m Norwegian, and I’ve had two rowdtrips to the northern part of Italy with two different ECS, a Hyundai Kona some five years ago and a Tesla Model 3 two years ago. No stress, only Italy was a little bit weak five years ago. So things are definitely improving
I thought lots of European countries had upcoming bans on the sale of new ICE cars. So surely this is just getting ahead of that.
Those bans were all dropped due to industry pressure. Subaru is following sales projections and consumer demand.
The industry lobbied hard against that only to realize that with the current has prices people actually start to prefer EVs and people are still wondering why the European auto manufacturers are falling even more behind.
they are in process of ditching that. Merz and UVDL are pushing hard for it
Define ‘lots’.
Because around half of the EU (and an even larger share of Europe) has next to zero EV infrastructure in place. Banning ICE cars would be banning cars, period.
If ‘lots’ is France, Germany, and Switzerland, then yeah, maybe.
good policy
I agree.
That’s false. Infrastructure quality varies but it is no problem to drive electric across all of the EU.
I’m Norwegian, and I’ve had two rowdtrips to the northern part of Italy with two different ECS, a Hyundai Kona some five years ago and a Tesla Model 3 two years ago. No stress, only Italy was a little bit weak five years ago. So things are definitely improving
they passed that law in 2022 with a ban for 2035. that is more than enough time to build infrastructure.
UK does or did. Lack of infrastructure be dammed.