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Environment & Energy

MichMan

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4. Which is precisely why EV sales are much higher in Europe

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #2)

Wed May 20, 2026, 07:53 PM

Yesterday

They tax gasoline much higher than we do here. The average price per gallon in Germany for example is $8.74 plus a 19% VAT, making it just over $10 per gallon.

Had someone here had the political will to raise US gas taxes a similar amount, US consumers would have been demanding EV without the need for subsidies.

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Close to 30% of cars sold this year are set to be electric as countries and consumers respond to energy crisis [View all] OKIsItJustMe Yesterday OP

It should be obvious now KT2000 Yesterday #1

As the price of gas goes up, so do EV sales Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #2

Which is precisely why EV sales are much higher in Europe MichMan Yesterday #4

For a few decades now, I've said "So long as SUV's are the most popular vehicles in America, gas prices are too low." OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #5

Not sure the data exists, but I'd also like to see flvegan Yesterday #3

Resale value of used electric cars OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #7

The irony is that trump and the degenerates worked so hard to destroy electric cars and lostincalifornia Yesterday #6

Well, clearly he didn't want a deal. He wanted to go to war. OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #8

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