The EV fact thread

[Doodle]

As are many/most anti-EV articles.

Pretty sure this one was meant to be pro, although it didn't work out too well.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Modern journalism 101:

Lead article by making authoritative statement based on a specific statistic.
Conclude article by saying that in fact there's too many variables to draw any meaningful conclusion from said statistic and that they need to understand what it means, thereby rendering aforementioned statement (and thus the entire article) to be utter bollocks.

The final line is interesting: “…the stats also take no account of the arguably more significant ratio of claims that might typically end up as write-offs”

That reads like the journalist is saying we can’t yet be conclusive about the percentage of claims which result in a write off until we understand the ratio of claims which result in a right off!

 

[DaveE320CDI]

Germany suffers 70% drop in new electric car sales www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/germany-suffers-spectacular-70pc-drop-in-electric-car-sales/ar-AA1qPvDH?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=0058366e727d40b38b07751b89792e95&ei=3

 

[BTB 500]

Germany suffers 70% drop in new electric car sales www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/germany-suffers-spectacular-70pc-drop-in-electric-car-sales/ar-AA1qPvDH?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=0058366e727d40b38b07751b89792e95&ei=3

Yup - this is what happens when the market isn't propped up with subsidies. It's bizarre that article didn't mention it, but there was a budget crisis in Germany in 2023 and they dropped all government incentives (for both companies and private owners) from the start of this year. Since 2016 they had spent 10 billion euros on supporting EVs.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/germany-end-e-vehicle-subsidy-programme-2023-12-16/