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How does this make sense given electricity prices on the continent right now? Is there free charging?
by jgalt212 4y ago
How does this make sense given electricity prices on the continent right now? Is there free charging?
- guerby 4y agoIn France electricity price to consumers hasn't changed much, there's a state fixed price "tarif bleu" 0.1740 EUR/kWh flat rate (all taxes included).
- uni_rule 4y agoPossibly it's a sign of new cars becoming relatively less common compared to used ones, causing higher end cars to be over represented because more well off people are the only ones buying new. Also EV's also have lots of price incentives including a complete exemption from the EU car ownership tax until 2025 which is a rather solid perk. That or it might just be really fashionable to own to own "a Tesla" in the current year.
- hulitu 4y agoPeople who can afford a Model Y are not affected by energy prices.
- rosnd 4y agoTaxi/Uber drivers are not affected by energy prices? That's 90% of the Teslas you see in Europe.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoStill cheaper than Petrol or Diesel at non-US prices.
- jgalt212 4y agoYes, I forgot how high petrol taxes were on the continent.
- detaro 4y agoAccording to random numbers off the internet, a Model Y needs 16-18 kWh/100km. A comparable ICE car is going to need lets say 7-8 l/100km, so 2 kWh ~ 1l (which seems realistic). A kWh of electricity is generally not more expensive than half a liter of fuel, and maintenance costs etc are also still a factor.
- fy20 4y agoIn my part of Europe the price of half a litre of petrol is around the same as a kWh of electricity at home. If you use public chargers (there are no Tesla Superchargers here), then yes, it will be more expensive than the equivalent ICE car. But if you can afford to drop €55k on a new car, you probably aren't doing it to save money.