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This has nothing to do with that. Especially considering how electric cars are still way too expensive for the working class. The EU is just out of touch with
by htamas 5y ago
This has nothing to do with that. Especially considering how electric cars are still way too expensive for the working class.
The EU is just out of touch with car manufacturing. They are to blame for the SUV-epidemic in Europe. Basically they are making laws that sound good on paper but unrealistic in real world scenarios. Consumption and emission levels are skewed by the hybrid motors in the SUV. The laws are written so the mini cars like the Volkswagen Up are just not financially worth to produce. So in conclusion, the laws that were supposed to reduce the CO2 emissions actually made everything worse.
More on this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/08/04/just-how-polluting-is-your-suv-this-new-campaign-might-shock-you/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2020/08/04/just-ho...
- shapefrog 5y agoThe manufacturers do share some blame as well, they have failed to see what the spirit of the regulations are and done a goalseek on the spreadsheet to where we are now. I do wonder if they went too far too fast with some of the regulations. If it is beyond the edge of what is possible, the incentive becomes seeking loopholes, juicing numbers. However, the gains have been incredible the last 10-20 years in just raw efficiency. Beyond the regulations, society and virtue signaling appears to have had a strong impact, on all side of the political spectrum. Capitalism does sometimes work, and the current 'desire' is to have either an electic clean car or to roll coal and shoot your m50 at commies in their liberal prius.