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Electric cars make for about 1/4 of all European vehicles sold these days and about 1/6 worldwide. They are no longer targeting just the rich people. Most elect

Electric cars make for about 1/4 of all European vehicles sold these days and about 1/6 worldwide. They are no longer targeting just the rich people. Most electric cars sold aren't luxury at all.

adrianN 4y ago
Most new cars sold are company cars.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
  Most?? Do you have a source? I see that 20% of car sales are fleet cars: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.barsnet.com/fleet-customers-make-up-nearly-20-percent-of-auto-sales/&ved=2ahUKEwiJhcaph7z5AhWeKUQIHe7HCRoQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0H6g5Ch7Tm45Ue4lzVNNSu https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/... But, I didn't find anything about >50%
  - gambiting 4y ago
    I think it's true for some brands, but definitely not for all. BMW's CEO said recently that 90% of their cars are sold as company cars. Tbh that could also be slightly misleading, because if you run a car leasing company, you also count as a "company buyer" even though your final customers aren't that.
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  - anovikov 4y ago
    Exactly, and that INCLUDES rental companies and lease companies: lease companies provide cars for lease mostly to individuals so these are only formally "company cars". At most 10% are really "company cars" in the sense that "they are bought by companies to be used by their employees for business purposes e.g. delivery vans".
    - onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
      So you're saying 40%+ of new cars are leased? Is this normal? Or is this higher than usual because of low interest rates?
      - anovikov 4y ago
        No they are not. Around 20% of all new cars sold are "fleet cars" that is, owned by companies not people. Of them, most are bought by lease providers to be leased by individuals - so they aren't "really" company cars, or bought by rental companies again, to be rented out to individuals. Under 10% are really "company cars" in the true sense - "bought by companies to be used by their employees for jobs like delivery, business trips, etc".

Electric cars make for about 1/4 of all European vehicles sold these days and about 1/6 worldwide. They are no longer targeting just the rich people. Most electric cars sold aren't luxury at all.

adrianN 4y ago

Most new cars sold are company cars.

onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
Most?? Do you have a source? I see that 20% of car sales are fleet cars: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.barsnet.com/fleet-customers-make-up-nearly-20-percent-of-auto-sales/&ved=2ahUKEwiJhcaph7z5AhWeKUQIHe7HCRoQFnoECAcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0H6g5Ch7Tm45Ue4lzVNNSu https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/... But, I didn't find anything about >50%
- gambiting 4y ago
  I think it's true for some brands, but definitely not for all. BMW's CEO said recently that 90% of their cars are sold as company cars. Tbh that could also be slightly misleading, because if you run a car leasing company, you also count as a "company buyer" even though your final customers aren't that.
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- anovikov 4y ago
  Exactly, and that INCLUDES rental companies and lease companies: lease companies provide cars for lease mostly to individuals so these are only formally "company cars". At most 10% are really "company cars" in the sense that "they are bought by companies to be used by their employees for business purposes e.g. delivery vans".
  - onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
    So you're saying 40%+ of new cars are leased? Is this normal? Or is this higher than usual because of low interest rates?
    - anovikov 4y ago
      No they are not. Around 20% of all new cars sold are "fleet cars" that is, owned by companies not people. Of them, most are bought by lease providers to be leased by individuals - so they aren't "really" company cars, or bought by rental companies again, to be rented out to individuals. Under 10% are really "company cars" in the true sense - "bought by companies to be used by their employees for jobs like delivery, business trips, etc".