This was 2022: these articles unleashed tongues

1. More and more private individuals are buying electric cars

Car manufacturers are introducing one new electric car after another. Among those electric newcomers are increasingly relatively affordable models. The news that the share of privately purchased electric cars in total EV sales is increasing sharply, received no less than 1,119 reactions. We observe a dichotomy between people who welcome the EV with open arms and people who find the electric car too expensive or simply not attractive.

2. Diesel market collapses: Image has become so bad

Cars with diesel engines have been in the automotive dark corner for a while and it doesn’t look like they’ll ever get out of there. The sale of new diesels in the Netherlands is at its proverbial hole and at the beginning of this year Bovag expressed the expectation that there will soon be less than 1 million diesels in the Netherlands for the first time since 2003. Quite a few views were given in 667 responses!

3. Popularity of used vehicles slows down the sustainability of the fleet

In 2021, the Dutch bought a record number of used cars, partly because sales of new cars fell to their lowest point since 1967 as a result of the pandemic. The enormous increase in the sale of used cars slows down the sustainability of the vehicle fleet, ING concluded. Within a few days, more than 632 comments appeared under!

4. Half of the Dutch find EV unsuitable for winter sports

Going on holiday with an electric car? It is becoming increasingly possible, but we prefer not to go on winter sports with an electric car. That was one of the conclusions of a study by insurer Allianz Direct. Half of the Dutch would not consider an electric car suitable for winter sports holidays. Fun fact: more than a third of Dutch winter sports enthusiasts who go on holiday by car, go on holiday with a toilet roll. Readers also reacted strongly to this article, but that is undoubtedly not only due to the mention of the toilet paper.

5. Lexus most reliable car brand, Tesla the least

Japanese car brands generally have the image of scoring high in terms of reliability. Lexus maintained its reputation for Japanese build quality by being the most reliable car brand in five European countries. Tesla ended up at the bottom of the reliability list. Tesla responded critically to the investigation.

6. Electric Toyota bZ4X has a range of more than 500 kilometers

In March, not all specifications of Toyota’s first fully electric car developed SUV were known. The message in which we could tell you the range of the Toyota bZ4X received more than 583 responses.

7. Gasoline price to €2.42 – End of increase not yet in sight

In March this year we wrote about an increase in the Average National Recommended Price (GLA) of a liter of petrol. A liter of Euro 95 (E10) already cost €2.35 on March 7, but even €2.42 a day later. The fact that the price of petrol passed even €2.50 per liter not much later caused a valley of tears at the petrol stations.