E-car - Bidirectional Charging: Battery Storage 2.0

Somehow kind of perverse when you let that sink in. And these cars are supposed to be especially environmentally friendly now?

Outdated doesn't mean broken.
You just take a financial risk when you buy, and three years later the residual values may drop drastically because charging performance, capacity, and ultimately range have developed significantly further.

I currently find what is happening with company cars and their subsidies quite bad.

It gets even worse when everyone starts charging at work and then uses it at home for showering, heating, and cooking.
Losing a total of 30% just to save a few cents or to get something from the employer...

Overall, it doesn’t make sense to me to wear out a valuable car battery at home.

Company cars have been a huge subsidy for a single industry for decades and should be abolished in this form, regardless of the drive type.

A battery pack for my eUP probably costs about 8-10k.
That gets you 32 kWh capacity.
How much capacity does the solar installer give you for the same money for the home storage? ;-)

“Old” e-car batteries will still become a sought-after commodity. Even if after 10 years they have lost 30% capacity, there are plenty of possible uses.

Company cars have been a huge subsidy for a single industry for decades and should be abolished in this form, regardless of the type of drive.

Gladly - but then with alternatives. I drive up to 60,000 km per year and for me, the company car is actually (like for many others) a work tool, just like a decent computer, etc.

Outdated does not mean broken.
You simply take a financial risk when you buy and three years later possibly the residual values drop drastically because charging power, capacity and ultimately range have significantly improved.

No one is saying that either. However, outdated implies a hint of yesterday and thus this label (or even kills) the purchase impulse on the secondary market. In other words, the throwaway society that we already are apparently gets even reinforced in this behavior.

It remains to be seen and observed how the whole thing will develop. By the way, electricity is supposed to become more expensive again.

The electricity is supposed to become more expensive again, by the way.

But that doesn't really surprise anyone now, does it? At least not me. There is generally only one direction for (almost) all prices. And if some products/items are cheaper or become cheaper, they don't last as long. Overall, they end up being more expensive again. :D I, for example, am reluctant to give up our AEG devices from '96. ;)

Company cars are of course mandatory in some industries! What is absolutely unacceptable, however, is that these "pseudo electric hybrid boxes" are practically handed out.

Company cars are of course mandatory in some industries!

Of course, everyone can/should have a work tool. Although even there, it can often be questioned here and there whether all the driving is really sensible? but why use it so cheaply for private purposes? Neither 0.25 nor 0.5 nor 1.0 of the list price is a fair taxation! Pure subsidy for people who mostly already earn really well.