in Norway its roughly 25% (apartments) vs 75% (houses)

I've heard the subsidies are the reason why there's so many shitty charging stations. People build them, collect the subsidies, and never actually care about running it well. A silver lining is at least the space is reserved once we decide to get serious about fixing this as a society.

But increasingly it's becoming a problem that those cables have nowhere to run to as the grid isn't capable of serving them all. There might be excess generation but unless you have the capacity in the wires to get it where it's needed you're still stuck.

Especially in dense old cuties where the grid was built when the goal was to power a bunch of incandescent light bulbs. Not all the appliances we have today let alone cars with a battery capacity equal to a household's weekly usage of electricity when the grid was designed.

Cars under VAG sell TDI engines with a small battery and call it a hybrid.

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.

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.