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VW did have to shut down some production, despite being very successful on the EV market in northern/western Europe. Problem is most European countries are dragging their feet on electric. With less than 15% marketshare compared to the 73% in Denmark. I think EU average adoption of EV is slower than expected, because some countries are completely lacking in infrastructure for it, and don't have meaningful incentives.
But the market is not declining as Musk claims, it's just not growing as much as expected.
https://eleport.com/ev-sales-in-europe-2025-the-first-half/
I'm not sure what you point is?
But that is in line with my claim and is pretty underwhelming IMO. Norway has passed 90% and as I mentioned Denmark has passed 70%. It's also quite telling that a tiny country like Denmark with only 6 million citizens manage to sell more BEV cars than for instance Poland, Italy and Spain that have a population of 40-60 million.
No point. Just providing data.
Data is worthless, nad without a point or context, it is merely as you say data.
But data provided WITH context that has a point is information, and information is gold.
Maybe VW BMW, Mercedes AUDI should stop making shitty EVs before blaming consumer demand.