Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

There are no small electric cars, except for the Twingo, Smart, and Dacia, and they have such terribly small range. With somewhat practical range, it only starts with the ID3. This was the situation in 2021. You preach technology as a way out of the climate trap. I say that is wishful thinking; at the moment, only abstaining would really move us forward. But that is not possible for me right now, the reference to the bus was made because I simply do not want that. Therefore, the 1.2-liter four-cylinder from Renault remains and might possibly be replaced by a rather small plug-in hybrid, hopefully the selection will grow. At the moment, only Renault offers something affordable with the Captur.

There are no small electric cars, except Twingo, smart and Dacia ...

Zoe, Smart, Mini, Corsa, Cupra, Honda e, Fiat 500, Mokka, e-208, i3 and three to four Chinese ones whose names I can't remember. Besides, I'm not preaching anything. I just said that commuting with an electric car is not more expensive than with a combustion engine car. And besides, it's much more fun.

Well, but and others are right when they say that switching the drive technology will not be the savior. It is simply true that electric cars are currently, broadly as well as in detail, almost always just one more car. They hardly replace any combustion engine. Either the electric cars become second or third cars or the sold combustion engine continues to run in the East or in Africa. It is necessary to massively restrict individual car traffic. This would also be possible for us, but even people like are not interested. However, the rest of the world is completely ignored here. Chinese and Indians do not think about replacing their second car with an electric car. They want a first car in the hundreds of millions first and are getting more and more of them. We are not an island; our heat pumps and third electric cars in the double garage of the new building will not save the planet. But I am happy for everyone who currently feels good riding the wave of the e-hype, why not. I keep working on my 20-year-old Corsa and my 11-year-old family van. I enjoy it, it is cheap, and it is sustainable too. Repairing ALWAYS beats buying new, although of course you have to be willing to give up some luxury.

You are completely right - we need far fewer cars. But let's stick to Germany, that's where we are. How do I get the population to contribute? By saying "Give it up, rabble!", or by offering a comfortable way out? And the argument that cars are driven to the end is not one in my opinion, since no one is demanding to switch immediately to new electric cars. That's not possible anyway. It would only be important now, as quickly as possible, to NO LONGER sell new combustion engine cars, since these will also be driven to the end. IF a new car really has to be bought, then it should simply no longer be a combustion engine. Those who still own one now and then drive it rarely are surely making a bigger contribution than if they buy something new.

I believe it is not about immediately replacing a still well-running combustion engine with an e-car or even acquiring it in addition, but rather about relying on new technologies when the new purchase is due anyway. Then the old one is shipped to Africa, but instead of two combustion engines, only one is driving around. And in twenty years, an e-car will be driving around in Africa, and in Europe, this will not be replaced by a new e-car but by a tenth of an EMMM (Electric Mobility Multi-Purpose Module) (see my vision earlier in the thread. I should probably patent the name and the concept...).

One could also reform the entire company car model with the all you can drive fuel cards for climate-friendly mobility. Currently, the state and taxpayers sponsor the top 5% their luxury SUVs with a friendly greeting to the automotive industry. THAT is madness. And these are cars that are replaced with new models every one or two years.