EV sales in Europe plunged 44% as sales of cheap Chinese alternatives begin.

[@davidjernigan8161]

At least in Britain it costs twice as much to operate as a petrol car or diesel. No subsidies. EVs need to stand on their own four tires.

[@starfox_wr-45e93]

And It's only that way because they raised the tax rates so high on ICE vehicles to get people into EV's to begin with. Road Tax, Fuel Tax + the price of fuel itself, ULEZ, lower insurance for EV's... it's all artificially expensive. They'd better not add "EV subsidy tax" to us ICE owners too.

[@Neojhun]

My state in Australia introduced a EV Rebate on New Years day 2024. Talk about late to the party. The only federal incentive which exist is Higher Cut Off Threshold for Luxury Car Tax, still the same % rate. Basically until very recently there was no financial purchase incentive.

[@Neojhun]

@@starfox_wr-45e93 "lower insurance for EV's" WTF? get your propaganda straight.

[@RCKickschannel]

Thats just wrong David. I have an EV and a diesel car and it costs me 11p a mile for the diesel and 5p per 4 miles in my EV when I charge at home over night. Granted if you charge at a super charger all the time (why would anyone do that) it makes zero sense but as my EV has a 260 mile real world winter range, I never need to super charge. The fuel savings covers over half the EV monthly loan. I have had two EV cars and I really like driving them and saving a fortune on servicing costs is a nice bonus as well.

[@starfox_wr-45e93]

@@Neojhun My bad. EV's have had a 50% price hike since insurers found out how much of a liability they are. Now on average the cost 18% more than ICE.

[@AeroGuy07]

My wife is Danish and I lived in Denmark for two years. At the time, 2/3 of the price of a new car in Denmark was taxes. Before I moved back to the US I bought a new 2007 Saab 9-3 Aero wagon 6spd using European Delivery. With the discounts and everything, it was $35k. If I had purchased the car in Denmark, it would've cost $100k. Because of the taxes, Danes tended to keep their cars for a long time. In the 2010s the government lowered taxes on new cars in a bid to get the older cars off the road and to get people to buy newer, more efficient cars, and many people did. In 2018 I saw a lot of hybrids and EVs on the roads. But a lot of people went out and bought the Porsche's, Mercedes, and BMW's they wanted, but were taxed out of reach. The European Union has also been trying to phase out diesels, but every rental car I've had in Denmark during the last 10 years has been a diesel.

[@reevesRichardl]

I have 2008 Aero wagon. I wish it was a 6 speed. 200k and still going strong

[@mediocreman2]

Not all movement is progress.

[@AeroGuy07]

@reevesRichardl 178k on mine and I'm still on the original clutch. The only thing I've replaced under the hood is the AC compressor.

[@brendanfleming6584]

The European EV sales plunge is directly attributable to the fall in gas prices / the rise in public EV charging prices. Not everyone can charge at home. There is genuine range anxiety, and on the secondhand market EVs have tanked. I just bought a 3 year old 20k mile VW ID3 for 35% of its new price - I'll keep it forever, no depreciation angst here! We only get BYD in the UK, but on continental Europe I see so many spurious Chinese EV brands all fighting for sales. Right now around the corner there is a NIO showroom here in Berlin. The cars look amazing, but would I buy one? Hmmm....

[@2010evox4b11]

Lower gas prices? What you smoking? Nobody wants those appliances. Good luck with yours.

[@alejandroarriola6267]

@@2010evox4b11tell me you didn’t read the whole thing with out telling me you didn’t read the whole thing lol

[@Neojhun]

@@2010evox4b11 LOL All you do is copy and paste spam without actually comprehending anything in the comments.

[@ridley68]

GWM and their Ora brand is here in the UK, they even have showrooms, there's one in the town where I live. Nice little car too.

[@ohyesitsme]

Not to mention MG

[@A_MM]

Come to Portugal 🇵🇹 or Spain 🇪🇸 to check the cars and infrastructure. It’s a nice place for vacations! 👍

[@Joe-rp8fd]

In Bern Switzerland they started to refuse to rent you an apartment if you own a car :)

[@Nun195]

Who’s they?

[@heiner71]

@@Nun195 , the landlords?

[@Joe-rp8fd]

​@@Nun195 home owners I guess, banks :), but it is like a community decision that is pretty fresh and no one is really sure how it will play out...looks like a discrimination but it is rolling out, I guess it is by the law for home owners to set the rules and choose or refuse

[@djcrownvic7017]

@@Joe-rp8fd sounds like socialism to me.

[@wkeithtexas]

Good information Thanks

[@1maico1]

Car sales increased in the UK. New cars sales are up 5.1% in 2024 year to year. EVs up 10.5%, Hybrids up 17.9%, plug in hybrids up 24.9%, Petrol up 0.8% and diesels continue their fall down another 13%. The big winners are clearly PHEV and HEV. For example if you want a Toyota RAV 4 it is hybrid or plug in hybrid only. The basic Honda Civic is only available as a 2L hybrid.

[@ZevMeth_originaljewishmusic]

Ends the video just as the little cat jumps off the table 😂😂

[@GavinMurdoch-cr8zk]

In the UK , from 2024, if EV sales fall below 22% of a manufacturers sales mix, they get fined CIRCA £15000 for every ICE car they sell. Consequently ICE cars sales are probably being artificially restricted.

[@johnmarino4085]

Thanks for sharing guys !

[@rodneyking4183]

I drive from central Wichita to Park City for work, about 26 miles round trip. My next car will be a plug-in hybrid or fully electric just for work. I have a garage, and I could plug it in every night. I rarely leave my house except to run to a Dillon's for groceries. I left apartment life finally last year. No way to charge in an apartment complex. I am still not sure how they can mandate everyone to go electric in that situation. It is impossible.

[@djcrownvic7017]

Don't forget the child labour for building the batteries, Chinese owned mines in Africa.

[@jean-marcandjoshua-petsjournal]

The kitten slokk adorable!

[@ComeJesusChrist]

Posting from Europe here… Please, do not insult us with arguing that the hideous little electric bin is ideal for us! Where I live, these tiny little appliances wouldn’t be able to cross the speed bumps! For most of Europe, the range between a small hatchback like the VW Polo and the E-Class estate would be ideal, but of course people prefer SUVs now, taking away share from the C-Class/E-Class segment (and whatever the competition is). Young people, the elderly and people buying second or third cars prefer smaller hatchbacks, which are also popular in the southern countries where governments penalise larger cars. But even there, you hardly ever see anything close to those dysfunctional tiny washing machine on wheels.

[@stevengreco1939]

My favorite KZbin channel. My favorite KZbin couple.

[@xploration1437]

These grifters? Wow

[@MJ-fh8fw]

I just bought a Tesla model y and according to the sticker transportation method was delivered via truck and here's what I found. The Tesla Model Y is produced in multiple locations around the world, including: Fremont, California: Tesla's first factory, which began producing the Model Y in January 2020 Giga Shanghai, China: Tesla's first factory outside the United States, which began producing the Model Y in December 2020 Giga Texas, Austin, Texas: A 2,500-acre facility with over 10 million square feet of factory floor, which began producing the Model Y in late 2021 Giga Berlin, Germany: Began delivering Model Ys in March 2022. So no if you buy a model Y in America it's not manufactured in China. Only 5% of Tesla's parts are made in China making it the most American built car on the road.

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I think you're confusing us with someone who cares. Seriously, nobody gives a damn about tesla. It's overpriced junk.

[@russellingham]

The UK does sell Chinese electric cars Volvo & Polestar are Chinese owned. The Volvo EX30 is a popular seller. In the UK we have housing estates with off road parking either in the garage or driveway s. I'm sticking to petrol/gas run cars as long as they are sold.

[@hughmann1908]

Porsche better get their heads out of the sand on this!

[@tomlobos2871]

there are a lot of factors playing in. starting at bad marketing, high prices, other costs on the shoulders of the population like emission regulations for houses, consercvativism. then ugly car designs, a weak loading infrastructure, depreciation, current inflation, worries about the future looking at european crisis... just to name a few. to sum up, it does not seem to fit into the mindset of europeans and applys a new technology faster than people can welcome it.

[@privateer0561]

Fools to allow Chinese cars to be sold without huge tariffs evening out the price.

[@BOXCAR1428-oo8rt]

Give them Europe fellers a free subscription of Aprils garage and a poster Sales will soar!👍👍⚡🇺🇲😮👀😁🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️

[@notDonaldFagen]

There are actually some BYD taxis here in Montréal. Probably not many though, because the first time I saw one was two months ago. And they had apparently been here for a few years.

[@Pokebattleleague]

Toyota camry use to be like 19 k new ran forever had good emissions and 30mpg. I just want that back cheap reliable never breaks good emissions and mpg i dont want batteries i made them at Duracell and batteries are currently not the future yet atleast

[@JerryDLTN]

I don't think Hoovie ever explained what happened to Frank the dog.

[@pedromiguelareias]

Xpeng and BYD are much more expensive than Tesla around here. BYD and MG look low-rent, even compared with price-conscious brands like Citroen.

[@stevenmorris495]

Hello from England

[@michaela1655]

Friend of mine just ordered the Long Dong model from BYD. He said he heard the ride is fantastic. Stay tuned for updates.....

[@Nord_Mann]

It’s all going down the drain

[@paulwright1006]

Interest rates are sky high. People are not buying right now. Plus most are upside down 20-35%.

[@1maico1]

Not in the EU @ 3.65%

[@briiiperez]

Those are some pretty cats!

[@SigFigNewton]

None of the EV owners I know would consider getting an ICE again. These are people who have a place to charge at home.

[@samcraig3924]

Just like in the 1880s and early 1919s the electric car flooped next to gasoline....

[@stevepatch1809]

EV’s back then were for women because gas cars had a crank to start then Cadillac invented the electric starter and it killed the EV’s

[@Oh-That-Guy-Again]

That glass table feels nice cold for the cats.

[@2010evox4b11]

Nobody wants those things.

[@mikafiltenborg7572]

Tesla model Y was the Best selling carmodel on planet Earth in year 2023 🏆🥇🎉🏁

[@matthewgodwin3050]

@@mikafiltenborg7572 No, it wasn't. The Ford F-150 and Toyota Corolla take that accolade.

[@imakevideos5377]

counter point: I want one.

[@Cloxxki]

Europe may well have run out of "Early adopter" types that not only by new cars (only 20% of drivers will ever be a first owner) but also deal with the downsides that make EVs a hard sell. Europeans by and large are apartment dwellers in one car households. Driving to work/school/sports is NOT a given. So you share the slow charger with people on your street/hood.

[@NenadTrajkovic]

We in Europe have at least twenty Chinese EV brands in all price ranges, plus all European brands have their EVs in almost all car classes

[@drunkenhobo8020]

EV sales have fallen in Germany due to the subsidies disappearing suddenly overnight. From one day to the next, EVs were several thousand euros more expensive. ICE car sales are also down in Germany so it's not as if people are flocking back to them from EVs.

[@CarsofGlasgow]

I do feel that EVs shouldnt be subsidised, they should stand out in their own merit

[@miltoncouto6330]

There are many BYD here in Brazil. They are OK cars. Somewhat reliables, good tech and average performance.

[@stogashawn4724]

EV Seem to be ok for around town only Friend leased a Tesla Model S plaid tried to drive from California to Florida Had to be Towed 6 times to locate Charge So what a Complete waste of Time & Money.

[@petercarlsson6606]

Hoovie, you're wrong! It makes a lot of tax payers mad having to pay subs for other peoples electric cars! Especially because it's mostly allready well off people that have money to buy the new and shiny EVs.

[@Nun195]

Oh wait till you find out how roads work.

[@xploration1437]

So the people paying the most in taxes get a benefit for paying more in taxes? How dare they!

[@ericcarabetta1161]

Wait until you find out how much you’ve subsidized the oil and gas industry. 🤯

[@avioncamper]

I bet to pass US safety requirements prices will increase on the Chinese cars and add tariffs too. You know the US govt. will tariff the crap out of these cars.

[@DavidWilliams-tc4ev]

OH!!! Are they selling "HONGda's" to the EU!?!?

[@olsfield]

What the "F" is that. CLASSIC

[@jameskrusee]

$5K, Can't even buy a stripped down golf cart in The Villages, Fl... Subbed, and always a thumbs up!

[@frank280zx]

That is not the reason it’s the taxation benefits ending in the Netherlands and general electricity prices

[@naradaian]

At 5000$ it would pay to drive it home …

[@PopeDreamsAuthor]

They've just reduced the price of the MG4 EV to $31k Au in Aus. That's about the same as a new base Corolla.

[@KirksAudioSanctum]

6:50 This is why I drive a Mazda 323F Estoril...

[@pcbuilderlover4271]

I still love my 2008 Yugo. Just kidding. Love the cats. 😻

[@colegreene2153]

I saw a video on a Chinese EV truck that seemed cool. Had a generator that extended the range - copied some Ford features

[@piotrsmolinski1254]

In Germany they ended incetives so people bought new cars in advance last year. EV are also harder to sell to dealers so it might be that the colapse is of all cars sales but for now you see it with direct sales.

[@JMgmkh]

Actually Chinese wages have risen dramatically. The reason many companies are pulling up stakes and moving to lower cost countries. However the Chinese gov. is still heavily subsidizing their EVs.

[@rodneyking4183]

In a plug-in hybrid, can you go 60MPH on just the battery or will the gas engine kick on at a certain speed? I have 4 years until my Ford Escape Titanium is paid off. 2nd car will be a plug-in hybrid if that just runs on a battery at highway speeds.

[@halbous36]

It has nothing to do with chinese cars ...here in France you barely see one a day

[@kerrylewis2581]

QUESTION: If you are American in the living room, What are you in the bathroom?

[@cjsnylons]

European.

[@rodneyking4183]

You're a pooping

[@readtherealanthonyfaucibyr6444]

In the bathroom I'm African every morning but then Asian all the other times I go that day.

[@1toonhead]

Doom and gloom on cars but the end has KITTIES =^W^=

[@meofnz2320]

Globally there has been a fall in all new car sales as interest rates have risen. There was a surge of EV sales prior to the removal of subsidies which distorted the statistics as those buyers were not in the market this year. This somewhat exaggerates the fall in sales. Outside of the USA the perception of Chinese cars has matured. The export versions are not as cheap as various articles suggest.

[@OldWon991]

In Australia BYD is about to release its Ute. Most popular vehicle in Oz. It’s up against the Hi Lux, Ranger and the like. Like me many people are waiting to see if it’s all hype or actually any good. We know it’s hybridise so it’s not fully electric thanks god.

[@inediblenut]

I have never had to wait on a Tesla charger yet when making long trips. In most cases, there are more empty spots than those in use, so I welcome other users to give them a reason to add even more charging locations.

[@scootersfrog]

wuling Macaron ! the one in Forza Horizon 5 is a pretty fun drift missle

[@andrewmichalak5471]

China just bought almost the entire continent of Africa for 50 billion per country. They import their own labor to mine for raw materials, etc.

[@Nun195]

You should go outside.

[@marktuyet]

I'm keeping my Mazda CX-5 .

[@gregorygalvin5357]

Chinese cars are not affecting UK EV sales in a big way. It’s just the price and range. Business fleet sales make up the huge uptake and once you have one it’s 2-3yrs until it is replaced.

[@Rakesh_Chandran]

Wuling owns Morris Garages. They are slowly creeping into Indian EV space, despite government norms (through a JV) and given that Indian players are behind in EV tech.

[@Aliens_Gonna_Get_Ya]

EV’s 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tonsoffunwiththejohnsons9094]

I’d love to see how well one of those runs in a Midwest winter

[@imakevideos5377]

Just fine, evs acount for 90% of norways sales and they are even colder than your midwest winters

[@cyrielwollring4622]

Many countries had buying incentives which they stopped. That is one reason of the drop in sales. Also more people are buying second hand cars over newCheaapest European EV is a DAcia Spring which is built in China too.

[@StevenDurette-bq7zd]

Cheap isn't always good. Remember the Yugo? I'd trust that more than a Chinese EV (or any EV for that matter). This push for EV is purely govt mandated - instead of changing cars.... maybe we should change out politicians that steal our money to fund their boondoggles, eh?

[@matts22071]

Although it looks okay in pictures, I have by doubts about the quality of that BYD interior and it definitely won’t age as well as the cars we’re used to in the US

[@RCKickschannel]

Before you all jump on the doom for EV bandwagon, what was the sales figures for the combustion vehicals? Is this drop due to people not purchasing ANY car, and not just EV's? I think you will find it looks just as bad for combustion cars. The reason is prices for everything in the EU and UK have rocketed and we just have no money left for nice things like a new car, when we can just about afford food on our tables. Yes, it really is getting that bad in the UK.

[@JasbirSingh-zj1fg]

ICE car sales are only down 18% as the guy mentioned in the first minute of video.

[@RCKickschannel]

@@JasbirSingh-zj1fg Germany fell by 27.8% so 16.1% less than EV sales. I wouldn’t call it the end of the EV world.

[@xploration1437]

@@RCKickschannelthese grifters just can’t stand ev’s.

[@jamesmcdonald2680]

@@xploration1437 Grifters? Look up the definition of that word.

[@1maico1]

Not in the UK. New cars sales are up 5.1% in 2024 year to year. EVs up 10.5%, Hybrids up 17.9%, plug in hybrids up 24.9%, Petrol up 0.8% and diesels continue their fall down another 13%. (Source SMMT)

[@kevinlorryman781]

Anyonr buying an ev now before all the cheap ones would be mad. Also buy second hand and get 200miles for £6

[@AZdroptop]

One of the main advantages to owning an EV is charging at home. No idea why a person would buy one and have to use Superchargers all the time.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

Because they will burn your house down and the house insurance won’t cover it

[@schwags1969]

Great for the city then, not for a road trip though.

[@isaaccan3155]

Matt Farah recently said he was paying up to $80 per car to fast charge EV’s for a recent road and track EV shoot-out. Nope. Not worth it. I’ll take an ICE.

[@Neojhun]

@@isaaccan3155 How often do you drive more than 250 miles in one day? Those are the only times you have to use expensive Level 3 DC Fast Charger. Level 2 Slow charger is Much cheaper than Fuel. ICE is not worth it.

[@jake_of_the_jungle9840]

@@AZdroptop because Ev’s will catch your house on fire and the insurance won’t cover it

[@garyleibitzke4166]

So much for many of the European government mandating only EV's in the near future.

[@Nun195]

Why?

[@chrisc8156]

They used to laugh at Toyota and Nissan in the 60s and they laughed at Hyundai and Kia in the 80s. Who is laughing now?

[@lancairw867]

Still laughing at Hyundai and Kia 😂

[@dragosi8980]

No one respects american cars anymore. Pieces of junk mostly😂

[@dillonh321]

@@lancairw867 Hyundai was the 6th best selling car brand in 2023. Kia was 7th. Sold more in the US than VW or Jeep.

[@Boomdizzle99]

Ill trust mazda and toyota over ford gm, and dodge any day.

[@schwags1969]

@@Boomdizzle99 Me to.

[@marcwagoner568]

Everyone likes a little Tang.... lol

[@90Pekkis]

I personally like those tiny evs. ❤

[@matthewgodwin3050]

I like them in China. I don't want them here.

[@GwynnOak1]

The depreciation if nothing more is killing EV's, add that to infrastructure, outrageous pricing, fires, and it spells doom. Anyone who buys one ends up so upside down, that there is no way of getting out of it. The depreciation is like we've never see. You have to have money to burn, or be insane to get involved in one.

[@colegreene2153]

Damn where tf can I buy a Chinese golf cart or side-by-side

[@Daledsch]

It's not that china pays their employees so low. It's that all of their industries are subsidized, and the profit is not the main point. It's getting in and dominating, and then the prices will rise, just like electronics

[@LH44985]

It’s not just infrastructure, people here in EU are not buying BEV because of their price. Without incentives a BEV is not worth it over a ICEV. With 20K€ you can buy a Dacia Duster, with LPG that is far better in every area than the closest BEV for sale in that price range. Also diesel powered cars over here still offer a great advantage in terms of affordability. I own 2 BMWs, a 530e and a 318D, and the diesel is still the best all rounder. By the way, 2023 saw the EU car market share dominated by ICE cars, if i remember correctly, 80% of cars sold were ICE, HEV and PHEV, so no surprise at all for this drop.

[@coyster530]

I was just driving down Interstate 5 and past a semi truck full of cyber trucks that had probably 8 on the back on the car hauler if not 10 I didn't really get an accurate count but they were all identical literally no difference

[@augustinf]

They don’t put Nissan and Mitsubishi in the Renault group? I haven’t followed their latest internal shenanigans, they “divorced?”

[@stsom8111]

Situation in Norway: Number of EV's on the road has passed number of petrol cars...

[@occasionalquest]

Germany the biggest car market in the EU almost a year dropped any incentives to EVs which was 10k euros per car... The Second marker VW group ready to spend at least 5 billion euros for ICE engines and vehicles ... previously this sum was allocated to EVs... China EVs have been selling in the EU for at least a couple of years and some ports are full of unsold ones ... please do not mention Norway... EVs are popular only because of the exclusion of a 90% sale tax on personal vehicles if they are EVs

[@rodneyking4183]

6:20 That looks really close to my 2020 Ford Escape Titanium which I got used in 2022 for $31,000 after I totaled my 2015 Mustang I had bought brand new for $27,100. How much is the "Yawn"?

[@stephkent2736]

8% actual car sales if you look at the data.

[@edc4052]

Please get the cats fixed.

[@isaaccan3155]

I would buy a tiny cheap Chinese EV if it were cheaper than a golf cart. But I’d never cross shop one with comparable cars that are sold in the USA. And I wouldn’t cross shop any EV with a comparable gas car.

[@davidblalock9945]

The infrastructure isn’t just not there, the infrastructure to support the charging network is decades away, and will always be decades behind. The political climate necessary to build electrical infrastructure is not the political climate to warrant its necessity, and the political climate that makes it necessary is very resistant to the construction of electrical infrastructure.

[@mikojarvinen6273]

So far the Chinese EVs are relatively expensive in Europe compared to their homeland price. I would be very worried about depreciation. However you see them occasionally. I think MG (not British anymore) is probably the most successful one. I tested their Marvel R but it felt half finished. It was 37 990€, cheaper than Model Y SR but not better value for sure.

[@ohyesitsme]

In a recent survey in the UK where thousands of car owners responded , MG came top of the most unreliable cars, That includes their EV's and ICE cars.

[@mikojarvinen6273]

@@ohyesitsme I’m not surprised at all. They offer 7 year warranty in my country to convince people.

[@Digital-Dan]

Temporary. I guarantee it. Solutions will emerge.

[@ZevMeth_originaljewishmusic]

Keep in mind that these Chinese electric cars will be a bit more expensive once you have to ship them into the U.S., so it may start at around $10,000 instead of $5,000, which means you would pay $20,000, which is still pretty good compared to it's competitors, of which there aren't many at that price point, or even near that price point for that matter!

[@Rich-fr2yv]

$20k for a car that you need to import yourself, has Chinese build quality, and has zero parts or service support anywhere in the country is not the best idea. I'd watch Hoovie try tho

[@Radiowild]

The cats are just too cute. Do you have a charging station so they can Ni-cat?

[@darrenniles2448]

I can’t get 76 trombones out of my head, I’ve tried baby shark I’ve even tried thinking about rusty trombone but it doesn’t work, I need help

[@REPDETECT241]

Sales plunged after early adopters found out they got shit cars which are expensive to charge / repair subsidies stopped its not like everyone is rushing to buy some chinese shit.

[@Neojhun]

What a bunch of absurd nonsense. "expensive to charge" is not realistic. Level 2 Slow charger is still much cheaper than Fuel.

[@stevenhanna242]

Waiting on car to change its like Waiting on for someone to rob you the same time

[@ohyesitsme]

On a public charger that is exactly what is happening.

[@brucemitchell5637]

Nex̌t on the electric viking; " sales of EV's in europe are booming! New battery is going to be a game changer! New technology is right around the corner!" 😂

[@agentauto]

Tyler should get one of the cheap EVs. Do a review, and just use it on the farm.

[@kamnapavon4638]

That is funny, because Volvo EV are Chinese EV.. Polestar..

[@Cloxxki]

Also, options prices on luxury cars are insane. Apple/Andoid connectivity as a paid option, really? That's like the 4-digit non-optional delivery fees. Ferrari allows you to skip that, but you need to come to Italy, I understand.