27% Of New Cars In France Now Plugin Electric Cars (cleantechnica.com)

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[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 14 points 9 months ago

The cool thing about French manufacturers, is that they also make small/affordable electric cars.

Like the Renault Twizzy and the Citroen Ami. The latter costs something like 6k new, but IRC they're also (planning on) renting them out in cities or coastal towns. You know, like e-scooters.

Obviously, it's tiny and really basic, the range is relatively small, but that's all you really need in a city or for a commute.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Citroen Ami. The latter costs something like 6k new, but IRC they’re also (planning on) renting them out in cities or coastal towns. You know, like e-scooters.

Hey, I just watched a video about those: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7tpbs-slcs

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[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I fuckin love the Ami. It's a proper Marmite car, you either love it or hate it

Only minor problem is you don't need a license to drive it in France, and most of the owners simply shouldn't be driving at all 😂

[-] korfuri@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

You don't need a B license but you need a motorcycling/small engine vehicle license (BSR) like for a scooter, at least. I do wish the bar was a little higher though.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 12 points 9 months ago

That 17% are actual EVs, not hybrids, seems like the bigger news. Glad to hear it.

Of course it does mean that 83% of new car sales are still powered by fossil fuels and the number of them on the roads is still growing.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What's your beef with PHEVs? Most people use EV driving on them almost exclusively or at least a majority of the time. So your 83% number is way too high. And battery isn't practical for 100% of situations (there are no silver bullets). PHEVs are still a huge win. HEVs can go in the garbage though.

[-] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 9 months ago

I am one of those crazy extremists you might have heard of who actually believe that it would be a good idea to stop burning fossil fuels.

[-] taladar@feddit.de 3 points 9 months ago

That isn't that extreme, I am one of those crazy extremists who thinks we should get rid of the vast majority of cars while we are changing our transportation system anyway.

[-] Hugohase@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

Year to date more EVs have been sold in the EU than diesel cars. A few years ago diesel cars made up ~50% of the vehicle mix (now both are around 14%). Technological revolutions can happen really fast!

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Hyundai are killing it here too. Loads of little electric Konas going about

Their quality is far better than the stuff they're putting out in the US 😂

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 3 points 9 months ago

For EU wide figures, which are 25% pluin electric and 16%BEV:

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/29/volkswagen-group-shines-but-volkswagen-disappoints-europe-ev-sales-report/

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