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> I mean theres being pragmatic and "accepting" that in North America It's not pragmatic to stunt the growth of the market. North American EV sales volumes are
by clouddrover 5y ago
> I mean theres being pragmatic and "accepting" that in North America
It's not pragmatic to stunt the growth of the market. North American EV sales volumes are one third the size of Europe's. North America's inability to do something as basic as standardize on chargers is one of the reasons why.
- steveBK123 5y agoThe real reason is size & cost. Americans love big giant cars, and especially cross-overs and trucks. None of these have had competitively priced EV versions until just this year, barely. You still need to spend north of $50K on an EV to get anything approaching the typical American car size. When some of these EV pickup trucks from mainstream makers ship in quantity, the needle will start to move. Europeans are happily replacing small city cars with small sub-250mi range EVs.
- clouddrover 5y ago> None of these have had competitively priced EV versions until just this year, barely. Sure they have. In Europe. It's just a bigger market with more choice. In fact, here's a Mercedes EQV charging on a Tesla charger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5EnOo05BE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5EnOo05BE Broad choice of EVs, multibrand charging, bigger and better. It's too bad North America is still struggling to get its EV act together. Tesla is the last remaining CCS holdout. Hopefully they'll get more serious soon.