In a landmark month for Swedish electric vehicle (EV) sales, every second passenger car sold in Sweden in June was a plug-in electric vehicle – either a full battery EV or plug-in hybrid EV – with the Chinese made budget MG ZS EV beating the Tesla Model 3 to the top selling spot. Before a sweeping shift in the country’s tax code came into effect at the start of July, Swedish EV sales skyrocketed as vehicles registered before the tax change will be taxed according to the old rate. As such, according to a report by Schmidt Automotive Research, Sweden’s June sale of EVs was likely juiced by a number of fleet-owners and dealers self-registering plug-in models so as to take advantage of the old rate. The mix of plug-in EVs in Sweden’s vehicle sales between January and May averaged out to 37.5% – which on its own ensures that Sweden topped the European Union market as the country with the highest plug-in passenger car penetration. https://thedriven.io/2021/07/09/mg-...y-second-car-sold-in-sweden-now-electric/amp/ ____________________________________ It's a temporary bip, nevertheless an astounding trend that you would expect for 2031, not 2021. I wonder if range anxiety is less of a factor in Sweden or whether they are simply more progressive and open to technology revolution? I've never heard of Chinese car company MG motors. This surprised me even more.
Be careful what you wish for. For 40% Of The EU And US To Drive EVs, 56,000-70,000 Km² Of Land Must Be Cleared For Wind Turbines By Kenneth Richard on 15. July 2021 Share this... A new study warns that “a massive expansion of impervious surfaces” is an inevitable consequence of having electric vehicles reach a 40% share of citizens’ driving needs. A land area the size of Croatia (in the European Union) or West Virginia (in the United States) must be completely covered with wind turbines to meet EV-charging energy demands for 4 of every 10 vehicles. The already-weak power capacity of wind turbines, 0.5 We m² on average, will only continue to diminish as more wind farms are added to the landscape (Miller and Keith, 2018). Consequently, the land area that must be devoted to the erection of wind turbines to meet the ever-growing energy needs of Earth’s citizens is harrowing. . . .
Should be a shock to the EV proponents, they seen to think electricity magically appears in the outlets, they deem them "environmentally friendly" but the juice has gotta come from somewhere, and if you need country sized areas to generate "green" energy then it ain't so damned "green", huh?
