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New European car registrations of Tesla vehicles totaled 8,837 in July, down 40% year-on-year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, or ACEA.
BYD recorded 13,503 new registrations in July, up 225% annually.
Elon Musk’s automaker faces a number of challenges in Europe, including intense ongoing competition and reputational damage to the brand.
And I would take that bet. The reality is EVs work poorly in cold weather, we have a horrible charge infrastructure in which most of those public chargers at any given time don’t work. I’ll stick to my hybrid for the foreseeable future.
The infrastructure may be a thing, depending on where you live. I’m in Central Europe and can’t confirm that over here.
The cold climate is something I can’t confirm. If anything, I prefer my BEVs over the ICEs when it’s cold, just because I don’t have to wait for the engine to get warm until the heating works. Range is reduced during winter, true, but tbh I don’t usually have to charge over the course of a day even during winter. Still, I guess the best argument against your point is Norway. That country’s cold, but BEVs have clearly taken over the market there.
Yeah, my range goes down a bit in Winter (Northeast US) but not enough to matter. It’s situational. I definitely wouldn’t say that EVs “don’t work well” in the cold.
Thanks for the link, that was interesting