Thread: EV general discussion

EVs Are Piling Up on Dealer Lots as Supply Outpaces Demand (thedrive.com)
Another brick in the wall.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

EVs Are Piling Up on Dealer Lots as Supply Outpaces Demand (thedrive.com)
Another brick in the wall.
Regards PhilipA

Yet in Aus,they can't get enough Teslas.

I have driven past the Tesla yard on the Gold Coast almost every day for the last six weeks,and it is generally empty,while the other new car yards on the same road,are full.

Not really surprising this is happing in 'Murica. Home of the free, land of cheap petrol and V8's. I would imagine they are even more resistant to the idea of EV's than I am.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

EVs Are Piling Up on Dealer Lots as Supply Outpaces Demand (thedrive.com)
Another brick in the wall.
Regards PhilipA

Not just EV’s - inventory levels for all vehicles have been on the increase in the US since the lows of 2021/2022. Many brands are reported to be returning to pre-pandemic levels.



Toyota, Kia, and Land Rover days inventory remains the lowest in the US. But if you want a Jeep or Buick there are apparently plenty sitting on dealer lots waiting to find a new home!

And the top selling pick-up trucks like the F-150 and RAM 1500 are apparently back above 100 days inventory. Good times in the US for buyers!

New-Vehicle Inventory Hits Two-Year High in May, Average Listing Price Dips - Cox Automotive Inc.

It should be noted that days inventory includes both vehicles sitting on dealer lots, as well as those in transit for delivery to owners.

Originally Posted by Homestar

VW’s are bloody aweful IMO and rank highly amongst the most problematic brands - along with Land Rovers mind you so we probably should chuck too many rocks.

So I've owned two VW's now. Both have be absolute jewels of cars. Beautiful to drive and stunningly finished.

But.. both had design issues. The Audi a3 (a golf in drag) kept destroying waterpumps. Every 20-30k. A-maz-ing. The Golf which we did 60k in, also managed to throw a water pump, and was on it's third set of clutches. I looked at the service lady, and said "Can you guarantee this won't happen again in two years". And she just shook her head.

So, in both cases they just had design issues. It appears the VW way is to just keep fitting the same parts and hope the owners get sick of it and flick the car. Just enough to stop them being sued.

Go to repco.com.au and search for golf. Have a page of rubbish and 2.5 pages of clutch replacements.

Anyway they launched their EV's in europe and the US and they have had a number of issues. And now they can't sell their EV's. Demand is drying up. I'd go with eventually you run out of new blood who are prepared to roll the dice..

VW electric car sales "fall to zero" as Tesla and China EV makers win price war

So after a month and a half and 2500k or so, we have never had to charge out of the home. We just pop it on when the sun is out and give it a top up. Easy as. Occasionally we've wanted a full battery and had to charge over night. Ooops. Little bit of coal power in there. I have put a "splash" in at a couple of fast chargers to see if I could get it to work and all seemed easy enough.

Anyway I found out today from someone on my floor who's getting an EV that wall chargers which aren't in secure locations are hot property in Brisbane apparently. The thieves just look for parked EV's and come back and nick the chargers. I did not know this.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Anyway they launched their EV's in europe and the US and they have had a number of issues. And now they can't sell their EV's. Demand is drying up. I'd go with eventually you run out of new blood who are prepared to roll the dice..

VW electric car sales "fall to zero" as Tesla and China EV makers win price war

Not according to VW (except for sales in China which did take a hit):

Volkswagen Group delivers 42 percent more all-electric vehicles in the first quarter | Volkswagen Newsroom

Q1 is historically a low quarter for VW for new sales and deliveries, but is still up year-on-year:



The real story for 2022 and continues into 2023 is BYD have overtaken VW to claim 2nd spot for global BEV sales and is closing the gap to Tesla.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

So I've owned two VW's now. Both have be absolute jewels of cars. Beautiful to drive and stunningly finished.

But.. both had design issues. The Audi a3 (a golf in drag) kept destroying waterpumps. Every 20-30k. A-maz-ing. The Golf which we did 60k in, also managed to throw a water pump, and was on it's third set of clutches. I looked at the service lady, and said "Can you guarantee this won't happen again in two years". And she just shook her head.

So, in both cases they just had design issues. It appears the VW way is to just keep fitting the same parts and hope the owners get sick of it and flick the car. Just enough to stop them being sued.

Go to repco.com.au and search for golf. Have a page of rubbish and 2.5 pages of clutch replacements.

Anyway they launched their EV's in europe and the US and they have had a number of issues. And now they can't sell their EV's. Demand is drying up. I'd go with eventually you run out of new blood who are prepared to roll the dice..

VW electric car sales "fall to zero" as Tesla and China EV makers win price war

Apparently SKODA are owned by VW so I wonder if they are beset by the same problems