A useless luxury: that’s how electric cars are seen here

An unnecessary luxury, such is the view of electric cars in a country allergic to change like Italy. This is the diagnosis of a reader regarding the poor sales performance of EVs. Vaielettrico responds. To contact us: info@vaielettrico.it

An unnecessary luxury, according to bar-based misinformation

"The stagnation of electric cars in Italy is easy to explain. In a country with some of the lowest real wages in Europe, an advanced average age, and chronic resistance to changing habits, EVs are seen as unnecessary luxuries. It doesn’t matter that the average Italian drives only 10,000–12,000 kilometers per year (30 kilometers per day, the ideal condition for home charging). People still buy cars for that single 700-kilometer summer trip, ignoring completely the logic of daily use. To make matters worse, there’s the misinformation spreading online from bars—people who claim an electric car must pass a stress test on the Nürburgring before it can even be used for grocery shopping. There are also ‘gurus’ who fled abroad with legal troubles, shouting about the incompetence of electric vehicles."

"On the other hand, there are the advocates of hydrogen..."

To not mention the hydrogen champions. A brilliant supply chain that requires producing the fuel via electrolysis, compressing it to 700-800 bar (an easy task—just a pump will do!), storing it in space tanks, feeding it into an incredibly efficient fuel cell, and finally powering… an electric motor. A masterpiece of thermodynamic complexity. Meanwhile, basic physics is forgotten: the superiority of a propulsion system capable of delivering torque at zero angular velocity. Without the need for friction or complex gearboxes, with unmatched energy efficiency and dynamic response. But against cultural laziness and internet myths, thermodynamics unfortunately still has no say in the matter.” Eng. Giuseppe Sala

Answer. The summary is: too many (malicious) lies circulating keep Italy isolated from the rest of Europe, as we wrote a few days ago. Still, congratulations to the reader who, better than us, summarized in just a few lines the image that still accompanies electric cars only here. That is: a useless luxury, in a country that seems dumbfounded by the nonsense spreading on social media.

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