I think Eastern Europe can afford EVs now. 20,000 euros for the Twingo, 15,000 euros for Dacia Spring. This is cheaper than most petrol cars.

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jack_tripper an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The average age of a car currently on the road in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece is about 16 years old. How do you think all those people with 16 year old beaters, will suddenly be able to afford the 20k cars?

	▲	impossiblefork an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think they will. I think they'll keep driving these old cars, and that these EVs will eventually become old cars.

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trinix912 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you considered that many people in Eastern Europe might not be able to afford a new car at all? Where I live people are keeping their older cars for longer and buying used because everything else is getting more expensive and nobody wants to go in debt for something marginally better than what they already have.

	▲	impossiblefork an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but that's also the case in Sweden and France and Spain etc. But these new things are obviously competing with other new things.