Talk:Electric car

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Wuling bingo

Can somebody explain why the Wuling Bingo is being added and then deleted again multiple times?  Stepho  talk  01:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

It’s being added because it fits all the criteria needed for the table. It’s being removed for no apparent/appropriate reason. Please undo any vandalism removing it. Vaulttechsony (talk) 04:31, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

sustainabilitybynumbers.com seems to be a reliable source

Hello @Eem dik doun in toene

Perhaps you would like to read our article on Hannah Ritchie and see if you agree Chidgk1 (talk) 18:01, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi Chidgk1. Just because she's a data scientist, doesn't mean the reference is reliable, as it's still a blog. She's also conducting a very simple research, looking at the prices of cars online (something I could have done). Especially for sentences like "However second-hand prices of electric and combustion cars are similar", you need a far better source, and preferably more than one. The sentence seems also incorrect, as Ritchie only mentions the UK market, so it isn't a general statement. In my home country the (2nd hand) ICE cars are still far cheaper than their electric counterparts, for example. Cheers, Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 18:23, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Ok so perhaps second hand prices are just too country specific for this article. Or perhaps we should just mention the big 3 markets of USA China and EU? I don't live in an EU country but if you do then do you know if secondhand prices are similar across the EU? Perhaps UK market is different from EU due to left hand drive? Chidgk1 (talk) 09:21, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Bwoah I don't know the prices of ECs in most of the other EU countries, and e.g., how much the governments subsidize these ECs (which also influences the prices). I've yet to come across a good source which mentions these things, so for now it indeed seems best to leave it out. Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 10:30, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Inclusion of the Sony Vision-S cars

Yeah, it seems weird, but yes, Sony is joining in on the electric car development with their Vision-S vehicles. You can read about it on their website to find out all about it. SpyderSoup (talk) 06:50, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

We know. That's why we have the article Sony Vision-S. And if it's ever actually a production vehicle rather than just a platform concept it can be included here. Meters (talk) 06:58, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

I haven't seen Sony's electric car yet. I'm looking forward to it. Araba Oyunları 23.128.228.6 (talk) 09:49, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

"400 V" vs "800 V" cars

With 800 V becoming more common in cars outside luxury brands it may be worth it to have a small chapter about the differences between them with potential advantages / disadvantages to the systems (e.g. potentially faster charge speeds, but an 800 V car needs to do some kind of conversion to support 400 V chargers, so additional costs, and so on), since there is quite a lot of reporting around this, so it's reasonable to expect readers to have questions about it. Phiarc (talk) 17:25, 23 July 2025 (UTC)