Do you see more EV cars in your neck of the woods?
Posted by Happy-Hour88@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 21 comments
I constantly see increasingly more EV cars here in Sofia, but when I went to Varna they seemed rarer now in April outside of the tourist season. What about your home city?
VoxNihli@reddit
Over the past year I would say so, yeah.
Mostly Tesla 3, VW ID's. Little bit od KIA, BMW and MB. From the Chinese maybe only the Dongfeng Box.
The barely used market for the EV's is looking great. Prices drop way more than compared to ICE. But worth considering these could be faulty Ines.
PavelKringa55@reddit
no
Happy-Hour88@reddit (OP)
Is your city small?
PavelKringa55@reddit
Capital.
Happy-Hour88@reddit (OP)
So Sofia looks more affluent than Zagreb.
PavelKringa55@reddit
Maybe. Never been there.
But I don't associate EVs with affluence. Here taxi drivers buy used up Teslas and taxi with them, there's some kind of deal with that.
Beneficial_Ad_5157@reddit
No
Happy-Hour88@reddit (OP)
Is your city small?
Beneficial_Ad_5157@reddit
The only place with EVs is Belgrade and even than electricity in Serbia is so expensive i’ve heard it’s not even economical it’s cheaper to drive a diesel
crw122@reddit
Novi Sad is getting more and more ev’s as well, myself included.
Salt_Razzmatazz4631@reddit
I hope they get more and more i want to drive this automated things with self driving and self parking. And fk CLEAN air not some black smoke who i cant breathe from old opel
RevolutionaryFeed259@reddit
Daily occurrence in Belgrade. But I've heard it's still myth and legend in other smaller towns.
Young_Owl99@reddit
Turkey is trying to catch the new trend in car making as Europe is struggling with EVs. But China and the US quickly stepped in and Tesla even managed to sell their car cheaper than our local brand car. So Tesla is leading now but EV market in Turkey is really active.
Few-Interview-1996@reddit
If the car engineering experience that "we don't have" collapsed, we would enter a depression. It is not only the largest earner of foreign exchange, it is literally the motor of the economy.
Happy-Hour88@reddit (OP)
And Turkey is a standout in the region knowing that your economy shouldn't be just based on tourism and agriculture, like your Western neighbor. All the tourism/agriculture-focused economies in the world are poor and exploited by foreign powers. A country needs strong industry and tech sectors.
Young_Owl99@reddit
The problem we have is Erdoğan use every bit of advancement to his advantage. It cause a distrust in local brands. It feels like we are helping Erdoğan to win by buying local industry. And Erdoğan use our hesistance, by saying we don’t want the best for the country.
gushi1-@reddit
What is that Ford Model? We don’t have that here in Detroit.
Lotofagos_@reddit
it's a 2024 ford explorer
because the explorer line you have access to in the us is different + petrol only... the EVs in this line are only sold in europe
gushi1-@reddit
I would like to see a Ford Everest in the USA. Ev aren’t popular here yet.
Happy-Hour88@reddit (OP)
Lotofagos_ already answered you but I want to add that it's based on the VW Id.4. Albeit with a much nicer styling in my opinion. I wish Ford were bought more. If people buy trash like Renault I wonder why can't they buy a Ford if it looks fine like the Puma or the electric Explorer.
SoulEkko@reddit
Daily. Since I live on the ground floor of a mansion, I kept asking myself "what the hell are those sci-fi sounds" when I opened the window in the morning some years back when I first heard them. Later on I realized it's EVs. Dacia even produces an EV model, the Spring.