Anyone who bought an electric car advises against buying it
No way. Italians really don’t like electric cars. Not even during an event, created with the aim of taking stock of, but essentially promoting, the new mobility towards “zero emissions” could the opposite be affirmed. Yet everything had been carefully prepared in Piazza Tre Torri in Milan so much so that, in addition to following the conference promoted by the Amodei Group, the public could admire truly captivating and innovative solutions in the electric field: from the e-scooter Bmw CE 04 at the van Ford E-Transit bell there i quadricycle Microlino e Xev Yoyo and cars World of Atto 3, Let’s EV6 e Nissan X-Trail e-Power. What’s more: there was also the possibility, through tests, to touch the new products first-hand.
But then here’s the cold shower represented by a fresh press research elaborated by Pwc, an international consultancy company with a sector specialized in the automotive sector. “Italy is bringing up the rear in Europe together with Spain on the transition to electric – he said Francesco Papi, partner PwC strategy & Italy automotive leader – As of March 2023 the share of BEV passenger cars and plug-in hybrids in the our country stopped at 8.2% of registrationscompared to’19.8% of Germany, 24.1% of France and al 26.7% of the UK”.
Those who already have a green car do not recommend buying it
“Among the main reasons slowing down the growth of the e-mobility market – Papi explained – are the initial cost of the vehicleand’product offer still limited and not very competitive in the segments of city cars and small cars and the poor diffusion of public recharging infrastructure, which represents a significant growth factor. “This is because the question a lower income to a lesser extent it has private parking and home recharging systems. Then, another aspect should not be underestimated: the satisfaction of those who have already chosen the electric, in more than 40% of cases, determined only by word of mouth from friends and relatives”.
In short, as the minister says Pichetto Fratin “the electric car is the stuff of the rich”. But there’s more. In the case of an electric car the word of mouth works the other way around “Today, those who buy electricity show a declining trend of satisfaction – admits Papi, – however not on lower levels than those who buy internal combustion cars, mainly due to the unsatisfactory management of the installation process of home recharging systems”.
Unrae denies car manufacturers and trade unions
Hence the conclusion which is then the one repeated a thousand times: “We need the help of the institutions“. But, we add, if the Italians mostly live in condominiums, if the electricity grid itself is insufficient and again if there are few refueling stations in Italy, all in the North and 90% in the Lombard-Veneto cities, there is government or Pnrr that holds. At least in the short term.
But also Michele Crisci, president of Unrae, brings up the executive. “Italians are car enthusiasts – he said – But there are some issues that the institutions must solve, such as infrastructure. The user must have the possibility of bypassing the problems of using electricity. And get used to a different system. Italians perhaps find it a little more difficult than others to change. Electricity is a world in which the United States and Europe have never believed, but decarbonisation is an issue that concerns everyone. And the narrative needs to be changed in this sense”.
Reduce emissions
“We often hear – said President Unrae – that going electric will cause job losses. We think the opposite”. Thesis that clearly denies what the Car manufacturers and trade unions according to which the difficult tGreen transition puts at least 600,000 jobs at risk between direct and indirect personnel. And that the only additional jobs will be those in Chinese factories.
“Il 2035 it is a final date (the ban on the sale of diesel and petrol cars imposed by the EU ed)- underlined Crisci in any case – but in 2030 theand Car manufacturers will be obliged to reduce by 55% emissions by 2021. And the only way to do that is to have the vast majority of electric cars. And there are only 6 years to go.” Indeed, this is the harsh reality that theEuropean Union when it imposed a path in forced stages towards electric technology alone. Very different from what he did the Biden administration that to protect the national industry, while deciding on maxi investments in electricity, has not closed the gates to the internal combustion engine and hydrogen.
Road really traced?
The fact is that the premise of the dossier ‘Electric mobility, today for tomorrow‘ was also the conclusion: “The ongoing evolution is not simple and involves many problems but it has a clear direction”. At least until the next European elections. At that point, if the demagogic-environmental component were defeated perhaps we would find ourselves telling a different story. Always respecting the environment but with greater common sense.