"...The strong decline in Germany, where EV registrations nearly halved last month, outweighed growth in markets including the UK, Spain and France. EV sales rose 28% last year, but slumped by a quarter in December amid falling registrations for battery-powered cars also in Sweden, the Netherlands and Croatia. The European Union recorded its first monthly drop in EV sales since April 2020, the height of the pandemic..."
"EV demand in Europe to slow as customers await affordable electric cars" - https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/electr...
That is quite an astonishing comment for a story that is actually "another state-led industrial strategy got in on the game earlier and more completely than the free-market democracies could muster."
They say this multiple times in the article. Interesting for them to think they can outright lie about it but I guess their demographic won’t verify the numbers.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/eu-october-car-sales-...
> Sales of fully electric cars rose 36.3% from a year earlier and full hybrid sales were up nearly 39% as the EU recorded its 15th consecutive month of sales growth, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday.
Edit: their “Annual price drop by fuel type” graph is specifically tailored for FUD too. All cars depreciate massively in the first 3 years of ownership, and many models of EVs are brand new and will be depreciating the most.