In recent years, automakers have issued optimistic sales forecasts for electric models and announced ambitious targets for EV growth. Certain manufacturers have put practically everything on electric cars, which now has many people scratching their heads.
For now, the hype surrounding e-cars seems to be dying down, and some companies are once again pushing for consumer choice. Ford, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are all stepping back after their previous ambitious plans.
Even Tesla was forced to change, according to the news, the company led by Elon Musk is prepared for the fact that the rate of growth may be “significantly lower”.
The widespread return to a more mixed range of vehicles, where gas-powered vehicles are also included in the range in addition to hybrids and all-electric vehicles, still presupposes the realization of an all-electric future, but at a much slower pace than previously expected.
GM, which was the first traditional automaker to go all-in on electric cars, plans to launch plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in addition to electric and gasoline cars. Others, such as the Hyundai-Kia group and potentially Volkswagen, seem to be moving in a direction where they offer their cars with as many different powertrains as possible.
The only major manufacturer whose managers can enjoy particularly good sales numbers in a happy “we told you so” mood for quite some time is Toyota. Toyota did not get on the electric train, they believe in hybrids and selection, of course, in addition to the fact that they also started a development in the meantime, which means launching a lot of electric models on the market in the coming years.
The appeal of electric cars has now disappeared, as most government subsidies have been reduced to a minimum by now. The problem is that you have to convince the interested but somewhat skeptical customers at a time when electric cars have become significantly more expensive than the so-called “early adopters” could buy them for due to the lack of government subsidies. And yet the latter would probably have been even more expensive than the initial hyper.
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