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I guess it makes a lot more sense to own an electric car in Europe, where gasoline prices are around 1,50 euro per liter, or $6,50/gallon, while electricity pri
by evandijk70 10y ago
I guess it makes a lot more sense to own an electric car in Europe, where gasoline prices are around 1,50 euro per liter, or $6,50/gallon, while electricity prices are around $0.20/kWh.
Still, recharging an electric car is still a lot more inconvenient than refueling a normal car.
- cfreeman 10y agoOnly on road trips or if you have an extremely long commute. The vast majority of the time with an electric car it's much more convenient because you charge overnight. You never have to go to a gas station again.
- kristianc 10y agoTaken to its logical conclusion (a hired fleet model for cars rather than individual ownership), the charging becomes someone else's problem and they get to leverage economies of scale that you as an individual wouldn't.
- woobar 10y agoI think it makes a lot more sense to switch to electric car right now. But taxes contribute to more than 50% of the retail gas prices in Europe. So what would happen when majority of drivers switch to electric cars? How european governments will recoup lost tax revenue?
- petra 10y agoBut the tax difference is just temporary - if EV's become popular - charging will be taxed too.
- kylec 10y agoI think it would be impossible to tax charging (how would you know if someone is charging off the grid via solar?), but you could probably institute some sort of per-mile charge when renewing the car registration.