1 in 4 cars sold worldwide this year electric as EV sales continue to grow

[Hamloc]

A couple of articles I read this morning. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/21/britian-can-wave-goodbye-to-the-last-of-its-heavy-industry/. Basically since 2021 Britain has lost over 30% of its heavy industry, a large contributing factor is high electricity costs and no this wasn’t caused by increased coal capacity or increased natural gas production lol.
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/japans-Honda-scale-back-electric-vehicles-concentrate-hybrids…
Honda originally was targeting 30% of sales being EV’s by 2030, scaling that back somewhat and switching their focus to hybrids.
Realistically you can search the news and find articles to back what outlook you espouse. Personally I think the facts are relatively clear, high labour and energy costs are reducing the size of the industrial base in Europe, that simple. Is renewable electricity cheaper for the consumer? No. Left leaning intellectuals can right all the propaganda they want, real world numbers tell the facts.

[chuckChuck]

Most of the vehicles in Norway are now EVs.

[shtferbrains]

"The big 3 pickup market, which is the most profitable segment, are heavily marketed to consumers who don't need one."

Capitalism is all about marketing things to make people think they need it.

John Deere is one of the most successful companies in the world.

Belarus still make tractors?

You don't need your Apple phone.

No one "needs" and EV.

[cropgrower]

Most of the vehicles in Norway are now EVs.

only in the mind of a brainwashed liberal would 28.9% be seen as most , they sure are not very good with numbers

[chuckChuck]

People who have an overpriced vehicle that is expensive to operate seem to complain a lot about the price of gas and diesel!

For some reason diesel truck owners often leave their engines running even in nice weather? Go figure!

Apparently the price of fuel and the cost of truck ownership doesn't matter to a lot of truck owners who don't need them.

[shtferbrains]

Most of the vehicles in Norway are now EVs.

Here's how it works Chuck.
I don't have to tell you where you are on the chart.

"Historically, technology that spread like wildfire globally was relatively cheap, made a priceless change, gave more freedom & saved time. That does not apply to EVs. EVs' future depends on govt policies"

[furrowtickler]

People who have an overpriced vehicle that is expensive to operate seem to complain a lot about the price of gas and diesel!

For some reason diesel truck owners often leave their engines running even in nice weather? Go figure!

Apparently the price of fuel and the cost of truck ownership doesn't matter to a lot of truck owners who don't need them.

Lol you need to get a life and stop nitpicking about what everyone else does .

[blackpowder]

Here's how it works Chuck.
I don't have to tell you where you are on the chart.

"Historically, technology that spread like wildfire globally was relatively cheap, made a priceless change, gave more freedom & saved time. That does not apply to EVs. EVs' future depends on govt policies"

Half right. EVs are struggling in NA because of policies. No problems for BYD elsewhere.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Lol you need to get a life and stop nitpicking about what everyone else does .

The pretend libertarian strikes again, remember this from the Mother's day thread:

The gender obsessed homophobic haters need to mind or your own business and stay the hell out of other peoples personal lives.

Hypocrite much?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Most of the vehicles in Norway are now EVs.

Do you know what Norway has that makes electric cars more attractive?
Cheap electricity. 88% coming from cheap reliable dispatchable easily ramped up and down hydro.
Norway hasn't destroyed the affordability of their electricity grid with expensive unreliable wind and solar.