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I live in Denmark. I still see a rapidly growing number of electric cars on the streets. It is just smaller, less expensive electrical cars that take over (Rena
by workerthread 9y ago
I live in Denmark. I still see a rapidly growing number of electric cars on the streets. It is just smaller, less expensive electrical cars that take over (Renault Zoe, WV e-UP, Nissan Leaf). I would venture to guess that Danes don't want to spend more than X kroner on a new car. And the Tesla price point broke that limit when the tax discount was removed.
Pronouncing the electric car uncompetitive over this is an exaggeration.
- dmix 9y agoThe article doesn't say it lacks competition. The decline in growth is entirely the result of the huge import tax: > electric car dealers were for a long time spared the jaw-dropping import tax of 180 percent that Denmark applies on vehicles fueled by a traditional combustion engine. This article is only looking at growth rates, not total sales by cost or by market position, so it wouldn't be a useful comparative metric anyway. If anything, what it indicates is that they'd sell 10x more cars (both electric/gas) if it wasn't for the tax. - 2600 sold in 2015 w/ 0% import tax - 200 sold in 2016 w/ 180% import tax