{"id":246166,"date":"2023-02-28T18:42:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=246166"},"modified":"2023-02-28T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:43:08","slug":"middle-classes-cannot-afford-electric-cars-warns-vauxhall-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=246166","title":{"rendered":"Middle classes cannot afford electric cars, warns Vauxhall owner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand for electric cars slumps as energy crisis makes them more expensive to run<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Motorists are rapidly losing interest in electric cars as the\u00a0<\/em>cost of power surges and petrol and diesel prices continue to fall<\/em><\/a>, the AA has suggested.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The proportion of car buyers considering purchasing an electric model this year has slumped to less than a fifth compared with one in four a year ago, its research found.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


It came as the boss of Stellantis, which owns Vauxhall, warned that the middle classes cannot afford the cost of electric cars without the support of state subsidies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Carlos Tavares, chief executive of Stellantis, said: \u201cThe most significant problem of electrification is the affordability for the middle classes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThat\u2019s what we are now fighting against \u2013 how fast can we reduce the costs to bring the EV [electric vehicle] to the level of affordability that people can pay for without subsidies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The up-front cost of plug-in vehicles has become unaffordable for many\u00a0<\/em>as rampant inflation makes models even more expensive<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a Volkswagen Golf costs from around \u00a325,000, while a similarly-sized all-electric VW ID.3 starts at about \u00a336,400. Prices for Nissan\u2019s battery-powered Leaf start at \u00a329,000, while its combustion engine model Juke starts at \u00a320,700.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


At the same time, falling prices at the pump means many drivers are holding onto petrol and diesel cars for longer.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


After rocketing following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, petrol prices have declined from highs of more than 191 pence per litre in the summer to an average of 148.4 pence per litre. Meanwhile, diesel prices have fallen to the lowest level since just after the start of the Ukraine war.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Higher wholesale gas prices have also driven up electricity prices, making it most expensive to charge an electric vehicle both at home and on the road.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2023\/02\/23\/drivers-lose-interest-electric-cars-petrol-prices-tumble\/?mc_cid=6bf84a335e&mc_eid=4961da7cb1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demand for electric cars slumps as energy crisis makes them more expensive to run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":246169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-246166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-979.png?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-122q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":224651,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=224651","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":0},"title":"Bjorn Lomborg: Electric Car Subsidies Are a Bad Investment","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"19\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"He demonstrates that subsidies for electric vehicles are hugely disproportionate to the amount of carbon dioxide emissions prevented.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1a0ba38fce63a435723.png?fit=640%2C457&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1a0ba38fce63a435723.png?fit=640%2C457&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1a0ba38fce63a435723.png?fit=640%2C457&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":297164,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=297164","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":1},"title":"Electric cars suffer \u2018unsustainable\u2019 depreciation in secondhand market","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"19\/01\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Electric cars\u00a0lose as much as half of their value after just three years on the road, new figures show, as the rate of depreciation far outstrips petrol equivalents.","rel":"","context":"In \"electric vehicles (EVs)\"","block_context":{"text":"electric vehicles (EVs)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=electric-vehicles-evs"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-331.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-331.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-331.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-331.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":251949,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251949","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":2},"title":"Car parks could collapse under the weight of electric cars","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Multi-storey car parks across the country could be at risk of collapse as heavier electric vehicles put pressure on ageing infrastructure, experts have warned.","rel":"","context":"In \"Car parks\"","block_context":{"text":"Car parks","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=car-parks"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0636609644103437776-Collapse-050318-01-MW.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0636609644103437776-Collapse-050318-01-MW.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0636609644103437776-Collapse-050318-01-MW.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0636609644103437776-Collapse-050318-01-MW.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0636609644103437776-Collapse-050318-01-MW.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":256183,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=256183","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":3},"title":"Electric cars losing value twice as fast as petrol vehicles \u2013 drivers may lose \u00a325,000","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The value of some of the most popular electric cars is depreciating at twice the rate of petrol cars, a new study has found.","rel":"","context":"In \"Electric cars\"","block_context":{"text":"Electric cars","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=electric-cars"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00electric-cars-75996151.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00electric-cars-75996151.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00electric-cars-75996151.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00electric-cars-75996151.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/00electric-cars-75996151.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":202114,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=202114","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":4},"title":"Politicians surprised: This is how many wind turbines are needed to power just one electric car","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"30\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Bitcoin-Nachrichten.com In 2021 alone, more than 300,000 electric cars were registered in Germany. With the enormously increasing popularity of the electric car, there are long waiting lists for many popular models. Critics of electric cars often ask how all these electric vehicles are to be powered. Now there are\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0Screenshot-2022-05-30-100039.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0Screenshot-2022-05-30-100039.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/0Screenshot-2022-05-30-100039.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":213911,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=213911","url_meta":{"origin":246166,"position":5},"title":"Charging Electric Cars Like \u201cSpilling Liters of Petrol\u201d \u2026(Hidden) Losses During Charging Are Huge","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cHidden gas guzzlers\u201d \u2026The wonders of electric cars are turning out to be pie-in-the-sky fantasies.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-626.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-626.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-626.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-626.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-626.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=246166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246170,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246166\/revisions\/246170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/246169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=246166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=246166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=246166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}