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Germany is next to my door.
I know people there, and i lived 1 week in Germany.

You know, Germany is a car country.
Germans are in love with their petrol and diesel cars.
Electric cars is a sensitive subject for them i think.
Would they give up their Audi A6 4.0 TDI Quatro? No.
Only some Germans from the green party drive electric.

Germans are also one of the best car drivers in the world.

Myself, i consider an electric car.
I’m honest, i do not like the short range. I want a range of 400km.
A Hyundai Ioniq EV 40ah have a range of 270km at good weather condition. Bad weather 167km.
My diesel do a range of 960km. Maintenance friendly, strong as granite.
I must do set another thinking way when go electric.
I fear to lost on a road with an empty battery pack, no charger in the area.
So 400km in bad and cold weather is the minimum i ask for a battery pack in an EV.
Next, i like performance, so 0 to 60 mp/h i want in 5 seconds. Top speed over 200 km/h (145 mp/h).
So i think a Tesla model S pd100 is what i must look at.





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By: cazalea : June 5th, 2020-07:04
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It may not be enough

 
By: Uncle Chico : June 5th, 2020-08:26
Unless the rest of Europe has a similar program, driving electric vehicles outside of Germany will still be problematic. Germany led the rest of Europe in the change over to lead free gas. If other countries expected German tourists they had to follow Ger... 

I think it is inEVitable...

 
By: myles721 : June 6th, 2020-01:39
As an American and a full time investor I think it will be EV cars powered by consumer side solar energy and corporate / federal nuclear. I know nuclear is currently (I live close to Indian Point) unpopular but the 4th generation fission models are extrem... 

German government and common sense?

 
By: anaesdoc : June 5th, 2020-09:10
Japan has a vast coast line and earthquakes with tsunamis which caused a nuclear catastrophe in 2011. Germany has none of that, but has among the highest prices for electricity worldwide. Guess how will shut down all nuclear plants?

Some of what's being discussed here is why hybrids will probably always make more sense than EVs. As with many other things there are many feel good nonsensical decisions

 
By: InDebtButOnTime : June 5th, 2020-10:10
being made (for votes?). A great example here is swapping out all the natural gas powered city buses (SUPER clean and our buses have very low ridership) for very expensive electric buses. Fully electric does not necessarily equate to more eco friendly, ho... 

Germany

 
By: LiftAngle51 : June 5th, 2020-13:01
Germany is next to my door. I know people there, and i lived 1 week in Germany. You know, Germany is a car country. Germans are in love with their petrol and diesel cars. Electric cars is a sensitive subject for them i think. Would they give up their Audi...  

This isn't a huge problem

 
By: Tim_M : June 5th, 2020-16:23
Germany went from local rutted rural roads and few paved road networks to a nation-spanning and highly organized autobahn in a few years. Now they need to a few parking spots to install high-voltage chargers? I think they'll survive. The charging technolo... 

Once the ball is rolling

 
By: xxcesar : June 5th, 2020-22:59
I consider myself a serious octane blooded German, having worked in automotive for many years. Please let me offer my opinion. Germans most often are not the first to adopt, but once critical mass is reached, things are hard to stop. Just think of the tay... 

Two things I'd like to add. One, I think applies most anywhere with high density. I doubt unique to San Diego. #1 is people (especially retired folks like myself)

 
By: InDebtButOnTime : June 6th, 2020-12:08
like to take long distance trips in their car. For that group if the EV doesn't have serious range with a very fast recharge it won't work well. #2 that I know applies to SD but I'd guess applies to large cities on both US coasts is this.... There are a l... 

I will only get an EV when the range hit 800km and the charging takes less than 10minutes.

 
By: iceheller 1945 ✌️ : June 6th, 2020-22:56
Well the other consideration is when the government pulls the plug on combustible engine. Building more stations would not solve much issue but waste of resources as you need more grids to stored and distribute all these power on each extra charging stati...