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New car sales are up 20% but electric car sales are down 20%

unkel · 2016-08-31 20:23:18

The economy is booming, consumer confidence is back, people are getting loans (zero or low interest) and so new car sales are up 20% year to date compared with last year. All makes sense. Except how come the sales of Electric Cars is falling through the floor? Sales are down 20%. Quite shocked by this. All the subsidies…

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#52 05-09-2016 9:17am

eeguy

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My next car will definitely be an EV, but it'll be at least 5 years before I pull the trigger.

The tech is at a tipping point at the moment in terms of range and battery life.

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