Pictured: Wuling Binguo EV, one of the EV car I most often see in Jakarta and Surabaya, Indonesia. I also am beginning to see BYD EV cars in Jakarta too

By Andra Febrian - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145229895

As an Indonesian, I am kinda surprised to see at least like one or two EV each day in Jakarta and Surabaya, especially when EVs here are still considered expensive cars.

I am also surprised seeing more EVs than hybrid cars here

  • Soleos@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    In Vancouver it’s not uncommon to literally see 5 Tesla’s stopped at an intersection during a light change. Other EVs are also quite common as part of normal traffic, though EVs overall are not quite the majority yet.

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    7 hours ago

    I live in Denmark, and I see EVs everywhere.

    Teslas, Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6, VW i.d. 3’s 4’s, Skoda Enyaqs, Xpengs, BYDs, and even a good amount of Mercedes electrics.

    Apparently the statistics say that 11.5% of all registered cars in Denmark are full electrics, and just over 50% of new cars sold are full electric.

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    5 hours ago

    It increases a little year over year, but the majority are still ICE (Minnesota)

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    6 hours ago

    Daily and the numbers are building, to the chagrin of everyone I work with, whom all loath the simple concept of EVs, because they are unreliable and still to recent of a technology to be trusted.

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    12 hours ago

    Considering I can’t look at one and tell in most cases, probably a lot more than I think. I know one person in the apartment complex Iive in has an EV because I see how at night they have it plugged in and I know the instructor for the college club I’m in has an EV that I’ve been in a few times, but otherwise it would have to be something distinct enough looking like a tes|a or cybercrime against design… I mean cybertruck in order for me to notice. So definitely an increase from a few years ago when I didn’t live near anyone with one nor had ever really been in one.

    US and in a fairly big city, if that matters.

    Edit:

    City public busses were/are(?) going electric, starting maybe a couple years ago I think. Don’t know how many have switched, but pretty sure I might have been on one and they’re really not too different from their non-electric counterparts in mind from a rider perspective.

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    17 hours ago

    I see them every day on the road. I wish I would see more of them. Here’s hoping we continue to make progress over the next few years.

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    17 hours ago

    Just came back from China, Shanghai and Beijing. Lol you haven’t seen streets full of EVs yet if you haven’t seen that

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    17 hours ago

    In my EV desert of Saskatchewan, Canada, I still actually see a fair number. Despite the cold weather and low availability of fast charging they’re still getting more popular. I always try to share my great experience with my Ioniq 5 whenever anyone asks.

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    16 hours ago

    yes, majorly increased, or maybe i just started paying More attention.

    I see about 10-20 teslas a day, and that’s just ~20 minutes of being outside. Apart from these ugly teslas (cybertrucks are luckily not here yet) there’s not many, except those beautiful smart cars.

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    16 hours ago

    In Singapore the top selling car brand is BYD [1]

    And EVs make up 1/3 of all car sales. [2]

    Also more than half of all commercial vans are battery electric. [3]

    Not to mention all the electric taxis and buses.

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      16 hours ago

      BYD is very interesting to me. Immediately after they start selling cars here in Jakarta I started seeing them everywhere.

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      10 hours ago

      Yep. I’d be surprised if it wasn’t more than that in my region. I was the only person I knew with one 5 years ago. Now they are everywhere, and I see 10+ daily in my local streets ignoring mine and my neighbours.

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    16 hours ago

    Montreal, Canada: I see at least one Model 3 or Model Y every time I go out, usually several. More often than not, I’ll see an Ioniq or a Kona. Polestar, BMW i4, Mach-E are rarer, but not uncommon. Saw a Cybertruck for the first time a couple weeks ago. Most of the local Communauto (carsharing service) vehicles seem to be either Prius or Bolt.

    Definitely an increase compared to a few years ago, or even just last year. Hope the trend continues.