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Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by reacharavindh »

ExxKA wrote: post #23
wood_spirit wrote: post #17

It is interesting that the big selling brands are Skoda (VW group) and VW itself, then a resurgent Tesla in third place. These are companies that are claiming hardship from Chinese EV imports and VW is planning to lay off 100K employees.

Denmark is right next to Germany, so has a high affinity for German car brands. Even with worse specs than the chinese imports, the danes feel the german brands are a higher quality a more stable producer who will be there for the long run, so service and guarantees can be trusted.

From the Netherlands - German neighbors from the other side..

Chinese cars can be superior on paper, cheaper to buy or operate. The factors on a consumer mind is

1. If something is wrong(modern cars are like beta software), will I get the support and service?

2. Will the car company exist in 5/8/10 years after my purchase? Resale value, parts for future maintenance etc.

The Chinese brands IMO are not there yet. A few years ago, Nio was very cool and tempting.. now they are winding down in Europe. There are plenty of reviews online where people struggle with service on their Chinese cars. Plus, it doesn’t help that they are dozens of brands(BYD, Xpeng, Zeekr, Cherry, Nio etc) instead of the confidence a brand like VW would instill(in the sense that your independent mechanic would know what to do if it’s VW).

Perhaps if the Chinese brands stand the test of time in a few years, we would trust them like Hyundai/Kia of today.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by soco »

sqbic wrote: post #30

No wonder, the country is so small that any modern EV can drive it around completely with single charge. They also have abundance of especially wind energy, and the government recently dropped the electricity tax to EU minimum in order to make electricity very affordable for the Danish folks.

I don't think driving around the country is the main selling point of a car, at least not around here. Huge commutes by car are not a usual thing in my environment, au contrary, I know companies who actively push against that.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by IcePic »

langfo wrote: post #2

Has the EV charging infrastructure kept pace with the EV adoption?

In Sweden it has. When I got my EV 4 years ago, the list of public EV charging locations was about the same as the amount of petrol stations, now its 3-4x as many. And as others have mentioned, having a wall charger of your own is of course the easiest and cheapest, but fearing long distance travels with EVs in Europe is not a thing, I think.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by concretebush »

thrownawaysz wrote: post #3

In another news the sales of +10 years old diesel cars are not dropping in Romania and Bulgaria and Hungary and the Balkan countries

I live in a town in Hungary and would never consider an EV. It is slow and costs about the same to charge as petrol, there is no infrastructure, way more expensive, value degrades more compared a simple (and clean, euro 6) diesel or petrol engine here. If I had a house with solar panels on the roof (thank you govt subsidiaries), maaaybe. I can buy a few years old compact car for 6-10k euros and use it for years with none of the infrastructure cost or battery degradation.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by soco »

Markoff wrote: post #29

it is hidden behind paywall, here no paywall and in English https://www.electrive.com/2026/08/04/denmark-evs-account-for... also it should be noted that Denmark has extremely high car registration taxes, so for instance 40K EUR worth ICE car cost after registration 73.5K EUR, while 40K EUR BEV cost after registration 40K EUR, that's really tough choice to make - either you pay 73K EUR for ICE or 40K EUR for BEV, both…

Data set of one: yes I would. I despise the stink of fumes. And generally, I see zero advantages of gas over EV - also the other way around - a car is a car, costs some, takes you from A to B, unless it's some hobby (which is not this discussion).

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by stevesimmons »

Markoff wrote: post #29

it is hidden behind paywall, here no paywall and in English https://www.electrive.com/2026/08/04/denmark-evs-account-for... also it should be noted that Denmark has extremely high car registration taxes, so for instance 40K EUR worth ICE car cost after registration 73.5K EUR, while 40K EUR BEV cost after registration 40K EUR, that's really tough choice to make - either you pay 73K EUR for ICE or 40K EUR for BEV, both…

Maybe that's a fair price for the externalities of fossil fuels.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by jillesvangurp »

langfo wrote: post #2

Has the EV charging infrastructure kept pace with the EV adoption?

There are 50K public chargers in Denmark. 7K of which are fast chargers. There's no shortage of public chargers and more are deployed as demand is increasing. Also, Denmark is a small country. Most return trips inside the country would be doable on a single charge if you have one of the newer longer range vehicles. Copenhagen to Aarhus is only 300km or so. You could do that without charging in a new BMW. Mostly people charge at home or at one of those tens of thousands of roadside chargers in their neighborhood.

And of course Denmark pioneered a lot of wind technology. The country is running on cheap wind power at this point and you can get really favorable rates off peak hours.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by Markoff »

soco wrote: post #35
Markoff wrote: post #29

it is hidden behind paywall, here no paywall and in English https://www.electrive.com/2026/08/04/denmark-evs-account-for... also it should be noted that Denmark has extremely high car registration taxes, so for instance 40K EUR worth ICE car cost after registration 73.5K EUR, while 40K EUR BEV cost after registration 40K EUR, that's really tough choice to make - either you pay 73K EUR for ICE or 40K EUR for BEV, both…

Data set of one: yes I would. I despise the stink of fumes. And generally, I see zero advantages of gas over EV - also the other way around - a car is a car, costs some, takes you from A to B, unless it's some hobby (which is not this discussion).

some sure would, but do you seriously think 97% of private buyers would rather pay 30000 EUR extra (or double the retail price) for those few BEV advantages? I really doubt that, these sales are all just tax policy and nothing to do with BEV benefits

zero ICE advantages?

1. lower price (if gov doesn't destroy market with taxes/benefits)

2. much bigger range

3. you can refill the tank in few minutes without any planning pretty much anywhere

4. you are saving the roads since ICE is usually much lighter than comparable BEV, cars should pay road tax based on their weight as main factor

5. cheaper per km expenses (vs fast chargers, half of the DK population lives in apartments)

OTOH BEV advantages:

1. better acceleration

2. quieter

3. simpler engine, so in theory less maintenance and higher longetivity

btw. you don't smell stink of your fumes, so your EV doesn't really solve this problem

I really doubt (most) people care about acceleration/noise and maintenance that much they would be willing to pay double price of the ICE and get those disadvantages

Don't get me wrong, I am fan of EVs, but under normal market conditions. Bring me Chinese EVs for Chinese price and if EV will be actually cheaper than some European ICE, then people can accept those EV disadvantages, but at current prices which are already not real thanks to gov it just doesn't make sense for someone not living in their own house with PV.

Re: Denmark: EVs Make Up 97% of New Private Car Sales in July

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Post by ffyring »

usrnm wrote: post #7
hdgvhicv wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people charge EVs at home most of the time.

In Europe? A lot of people live in apartment buildings

At least in the apartments I have been living in the last couple of years you can always choose to have a charger. For older buildings in e.g. Stockholm city center there could be a lack of available parking spaces in the building.
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