In 2020 you responded en masse to the daily news flow. Discussions, suggestions, creative solutions; just about everything was discussed in the comments. One article naturally evokes a little more discussion than the other. These are the ten articles that collected the most responses in the past year.
In 2020 the EV experienced a considerable advance. The actual effectiveness of electric driving and the snags that come with it are still food for discussion. This is also evident from the list below, because no fewer than nine out of ten articles are directly or indirectly related to EVs. The only article that wasn’t about EVs related to the speed limit in Germany. You discussed a bit, because in total the articles below are good for 3,301 responses! Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to add responses to the ongoing discussion for all of the articles below, but if you get bored during the holiday season, you can always read them back.
10. Ten questions about electric driving
Meanwhile, the market is slowly but surely getting used to EVs, but for many people the switch to an EV is still surrounded by question marks. This article answers the most common questions. In the responses, you entered into a discussion about the answers to the questions, but also about the sense / nonsense of EVs. At the bottom of the line, this resulted in 272 responses.
9. Speed ​​limit Germany voted out
The unlimited speed limit on the German Autobahn has been under discussion for years. At the beginning of this year, a proposal to introduce a maximum speed of 130 km / h failed in the Bundesrat. On the one hand, the reactions to this have been positive, but there were also skeptics among you. Partly thanks to mutual discussions, the number of responses rose to 288.
No 130 km / h on the German Autobahn.
8. ‘Electric cars are really greener than the rest’
Is an EV greener or not greener than a fuel-powered car? Opinions and scientific studies are divided on this. The European environmental organization Transport & Environment also researched this topic and concluded that EVs are actually greener. That meant that the discussion about EVs erupted in the comments. Like the number 9, this article has 288 comments.
7. ‘Possible child labor in raw material extraction of EV batteries’
One of the main arguments that critics of EVs is that children are used to extract the raw materials from the batteries. A fact check by NU.nl indeed showed that a certain percentage of the raw materials has a dubious origin. So food for discussion, which is also evident from the 290 responses.
6. German judge: ‘Touching Tesla screen punishable’
In August, the highest court in Karlsruhe, Germany, made a startling ruling: operating a central touchscreen is a criminal offense. To date, this statement has not had any disastrous consequences for owners of a car with a touchscreen. In the 295 responses, the opinion often emerged that buttons for central functions are still nicer than a touch screen. Manufacturers, are you reading?
Touchscreens are not yet prohibited.
5. Ionity’s fast charge prices are skyrocketing
The first article in the list that generated more than 300 responses concerns the increased charging prices at Ionity. That once again started the discussion about EVs. The increased charging prices received a lot of criticism. Some of you even argued that with this price increase, Ionity is deliberately trying to slow down the transition to electric mobility, as it is a collaboration of some major car manufacturers.
4. ‘Charging station shortage threatens to grow considerably’
Another article about charging stations in this list, but this time not about the price. According to ALD Automotive, there is a rapidly growing shortage of charging points. In the comments, some of you came up with creative solutions to this problem, but also showed you some real-life examples of the shortage of charging stations. 355 responses were the result.
Charging point problems: a shortage and rising prices.
3. Tesla produced 367,500 cars in 2019
Tesla achieved a 50 percent increase in production numbers in 2019. An article about Tesla is obviously incomplete without some controversy. The fact that the brand elicits polarized reactions is evident from the fact that you responded 363 times to this article.
2. KPMG warns of electric black Saturday
In the current situation surrounding the corona crisis, it does not seem as yet that we can go on holiday abroad en masse, but this was still the case in February. More and more people drive with their EV to the holiday destination and research by KPMG showed that this could sometimes turn out to be problematic with the loading capacity. The conversation about the future of EVs flared up again here, which led to 405 responses.
1. ‘Problems ID3 no longer a laughing matter’
The market introduction of the Volkswagen ID3 has not been without a struggle in terms of software. Sources at Volkswagen were with their hands in the hair and said that ‘it was no longer a laugh’. In the reactions that sometimes led to schadenfreude, but some of you were also sorry to read. In terms of responses, this article has done just as well as the sales figures of the ID3: with 443 responses, this article is the winner of the year.