The electric car trend was growing day by day and continuing to offer new models. With the involvement of Chinese manufacturers, even cars with a range of 1000 kilometers began to appear in the market. However, European manufacturers decided not to approach this issue as quickly as before. Here are the details about the subject…
Why don’t European manufacturers switch to full electric?
Many European manufacturers have begun to announce their future plans with the spread of electric cars. In the first stage, almost all brands except Toyota made statements supporting full electric transformation. Toyota, on the other hand, stated that it is working on “synthetic fuels and hydrogen technologies” instead of full electric conversion.
With this full electric transformation, we started to see sub-brands from Renault such as Amperino. Especially after the cars that appealed to the minicar class, many brands started to end their old series and replace them with electric series. As an example, we can give the replacement of Volkswagen Passat with ID.7.
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But there was a point missed here. While European manufacturers were talking about ranges of 500-600 kilometers, Chinese manufacturers were talking about ranges of 1000+ kilometers. When we look at the history of automobile production, China has always been the unsuccessful country in this regard. However, we can say that it is really difficult to catch up with the Chinese in terms of electric cars.
On the other hand, this rapid breakthrough also scared the manufacturers. Because many brands started to make double-sided statements such as “we will produce both electric and internal combustion” cars. The most iconic example of this was the statement made by the brand CEO after the introduction of a truly eye-catching car like the Renault 5. Click here to read our news on the subject.
So what do you think about this issue? Do you think the European manufacturer cannot compete with the Chinese manufacturer? Don’t forget to express your opinions in the comments section…