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by koksik202 1703 days ago
These are much more expensive than your regular EV you pay extra for EV + EV being SUV in Ireland those start at prices between 70k-100k and something like Renault Zoe or Tesla non suv cost below 55k. In most of Europe at this stage EV is something upper middle class buys to show off that they can afford going into this new trend, middle and lower class still can’t even afford entry model EV for 20-30k and will continue buying diesel and petrol cars till you will be able to buy EV with decent mileage for less than 30k
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clouddrover 1703 days ago
The Volkswagen ID.4 is an electric SUV and it starts at €34,436 (including EV grants): https://www.volkswagen.ie/en/new-cars/ID4.html

The Skoda Enyaq starts at €38,593: https://www.skoda.ie/models/enyaq-iv/enyaq-iv

The Audi Q4 e-tron starts at €49,550: https://www.audi.ie/ie/web/en/models/q4-e-tron/q4-e-tron.htm...

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k8sToGo 1703 days ago
Do you have a source for "to show off that they can afford going into this new trend" or is this just some stupid assumption?

I drive an SUV EV because I a) can charge at home, b) have a big dog and need the space, c) electricity is cheap here, and d) there does not seem to be an EV "Kombi" yet, which would be the perfect middle ground. I don't care what others think. Your second part of your sentence might be true, but the first one is just a silly assumption.

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