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I think it’s also because plug-in hybrids make a lot of sense for Europe. In a Nordic capital, I refuelled (E10) my car in January, and that lasted me until Jun

by slau 2y ago

I think it’s also because plug-in hybrids make a lot of sense for Europe. In a Nordic capital, I refuelled (E10) my car in January, and that lasted me until June. I’m now driving across Europe, and I don’t have to worry about finding chargers or subscribing to a million different apps or services to be able to charge my car. I also only refuelled in June because of the road trip. Interestingly, it has been more difficult to charge my car in southern France than in Transylvania.

taylodl 2y ago
This is what I see as being the fail. The fact that there is such a thing as the Tesla charging network to me is a complete fail. The fact there's a bunch of different apps I need to use, all requiring registration, is a fail. With petro, you pull up to the station, swipe your card (or phone, or watch), and pump. It's obvious the market has abysmally failed in solving this problem, so why haven't the governments, who've spent A LOT of money via the BEV subsidies, not seen this problem and regulate the entire process? I'm an American and so I understand why my dysfunctional and broken government is unable to accomplish this, but I'm not understanding why Europe finds itself in the same boat?