Manufacturers are now abandoning the small car segment as the profit margin is either so small or they make a loss, this partly due to the every increasing legislation on safety but also the requirement to stop making ICEV vehicles and switch to BEV which as more expensive to produce due the cost of the electric powertrain
So, consequently the cost of the least expensive cars available on the market will increase considerable
The nonsense is that a BEV is less green than an ICEV due to the energy required both, to manufacture and run, and the self maintenance will be far more difficult although a BEV has far less parts that wear
Author: Prof. Damien Ernst, University of Liège Very recently, the RTBF, a Belgian media outlet, published an article titled « Electric car: 697.612 km to become green! » I had given an interview to the journalist Gérald Wéry about this article, and I made some calculations. So yes, under...
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BEV = Battery Electric Vehicle
ICEV = Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle