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A bit off-topic but aren't there two Tesla cars in front of that house? If you look closely, they are plugged into an electric charging station on the sidewalk.
by joss82 7y ago
A bit off-topic but aren't there two Tesla cars in front of that house? If you look closely, they are plugged into an electric charging station on the sidewalk.
When I lived in the Netherlands a couple years ago, I was fascinated by the large number of electric charging stations everywhere. The highest density in the world, as I recall reading somewhere.
I love the Netherlands.
- Andrew_nenakhov 7y agoYou could avoid parking charges when charging an electric car. That certainly did help EV adoption, cause parking costs a lot in Amsterdam. However, this policy is expired or will expire soon.
- alamortsubite 7y agoYes, there are many Tesla automobiles in Amsterdam. Fortunately, they're greatly outnumbered by the bicycles. ;)
- LeonM 7y agoNot just Amsterdam, but basically everywhere in the Netherlands. In 2019, 30% of new cars sold in the Netherlands were Teslas [0] It's mostly due to the very attractive tax benefits the government gives on EVs. [0] https://www.autoweek.nl/verkoopcijfers/tesla/ https://www.autoweek.nl/verkoopcijfers/tesla/
- Avalaxy 7y ago> 30% of new cars sold in the Netherlands were Teslas That's not what your link says. It says 6.87%.
- dmytrish 7y agoCorrection: 30 thousand new cars (6.9%), not 30%.
- LeonM 7y agoYou are right, I read that graph wrong
- TeeWEE 7y agoActually you mostly see Teslas in cities like Amsterdam. This year I saw a huge growth in the numbers of Model 3s on Amstrrdam streets. i would say 1 in every 15 cars is a Tesla. These are mostly cars bought under a lease contract since thet are way too expensive in the Netherlands. (65k euro). The government stopped a big benefit end last year. So there was a run on these Teslas. If you have an electric car the goverment will out a charging pole in your street for free. Also they are going to van cars altogether in the city center. Streets are being repurposed for broad bike lanes. And the goverment is planning bike higjways between cities due to the rise of electric bikes thay go 50kmph.
- unixhero 7y agoNorway and Oslo probably has a higher density.
- Someone 7y agohttps://openchargemap.org/site/country https://openchargemap.org/site/country doesn’t have full numbers, but it gives Norway 9,850 stations vs 10,934 for the Netherlands. So, density by population is a lot higher in Norway, but density per square km a lot lower (Norway has about a third the population, 9 times the area) Also: https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/10/08/netherlands-top-for-electric-vehicle-charger-density-infographic/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/10/08/nether... I can’t find data, but I’ve heard the argument that is because the Netherlands is big in manufacturers of electric charging stations.
- unixhero 7y agoWorks for me. Very interesting and thanks a lot.