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They're near, if not actually, universal in places like Canada and Scandinavia. Not exactly tiny markets.
by TylerE 3y ago
They're near, if not actually, universal in places like Canada and Scandinavia. Not exactly tiny markets.
- Xylakant 3y agoCanada has roughly 40 million inhabitants, Scandinavia (if you include Finland) less than 30 million. Even combined, that is pretty much exactly the population of France alone, or about 15 million less than Germany alone - and neither of those is exactly a huge country. Canada and Scandinavia, on the global scale, are small markets.
- ben_w 3y agoCanada is 0.481% of the world population. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=canada+population+%2F+world+population https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=canada+population+%2F+w...
- namaria 3y agoAnd how much of the world's purchasing power?
- ben_w 3y agohttps://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Canada+GDP+%28PPP%29+%2F+world+GDP+%28PPP%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Canada+GDP+%28PPP%29+%2... 1.385%
- TylerE 3y agoNow add Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The parts of Russia where the rich people live, too.
- ben_w 3y ago> Now add Norway, Sweden, and Finland. How about you do it? I'm getting bored of recreating the character of Sigourney Weaver > Gwen DeMarco > Lieutenant Tawny Madison in Galaxy Quest. Hint: less than Canada even when combined, both population and GDP. > The parts of Russia where the rich people live Central London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Lebedev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Lebedev
- idiotsecant 3y ago>> The parts of Russia where the rich people live >Central London? Just voting for this wasn't enough.
- Too 3y agoSame small fraction of the world where thermoregulating the battery during charging is a concern for EVs.